Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$2,363,371

Total expenses

$3,975,532

Contributions and grants received

$461,837

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$1,946,403

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

-$44,869

Total assets, end of year

$2,007,773

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,981,460

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$26,313

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,718,848

Management and general expenses

$2,228,054

Fundraising expenses

$28,630

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,718,848

Program services were 43.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND EDUCATION:EDUCATION: ISMP CONSIDERS EDUCATION TO BE A CORE COMPONENT OF ITS MISSION, AND OFFERS A VARIETY OF VALUABLE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS AND CONSUMERS, INCLUDING FREQUENT WEBINARS, CONTINUING EDUCATION SESSIONS AT SOME OF THE NATION'S LARGEST PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, VIDEOS, AND PATIENT BROCHURES. A WIDE RANGE OF FREE TOOLS FOR HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS, SUCH AS LISTS OF HIGH-ALERT DRUGS AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ABBREVIATIONS, ARE AVAILABLE ON WWW.ISMP.ORG. IN ADDITION, ISMP HOSTS MEDICATION SAFETY FELLOWSHIPS.CONSULTS: EACH YEAR, ISMP PROVIDES CONFIDENTIAL CONSULTING SERVICES TO HEALTHCARE FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN A WIDE RANGE OF PRACTICE SETTINGS, INCLUDING HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITY PHARMACIES, TO HELP THEM IMPROVE MEDICATION SAFETY. ONSITE HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM RISK ASSESSMENTS BY A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF PRACTITIONERS RESULT IN SAFE PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MEDICATION ERROR PREVENTION AND FOLLOW-UP IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES. IN ADDITION, ISMP CONSULTANTS PROVIDE SIMILAR ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT TO OUTPATIENT PHARMACIES NATIONWIDE. UNLIKE OTHER CONSULTANTS, ISMP CONSTANTLY UPDATES ITS EVIDENCED-BASED PREVENTION STRATEGIES WITH REAL-TIME INFORMATION GAINED FROM ONGOING ANALYSIS OF THOUSANDS OF REPORTS SUBMITTED TO ITS NATIONAL VOLUNTARY ERROR REPORTING PROGRAMS.ERROR REPORTING AND ANALYSIS: THE VOLUNTARY ISMP NATIONAL MEDICATION ERRORS REPORTING PROGRAM (ISMP MERP) WAS STARTED IN ORDER TO LEARN ABOUT ERRORS HAPPENING ACROSS THE NATION, UNDERSTAND CAUSES, AND SHARE "LESSONS LEARNED" WITH THE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY. EACH YEAR, THE PROGRAM RECEIVES A FEW THOUSAND REPORTS FROM HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS, AND THAT INFORMATION IS USED TO BRING ABOUT LARGE-SCALE CHANGES IN MEDICATION SAFETY. NATIONAL ALERT NETWORK (NAN) ALERTS BASED ON INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO THE PROGRAM WARN PROVIDERS OF RISK FOR ERRORS THAT HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS HARM OR DEATH. ISMP ALSO ESTABLISHED THE FIRST CONSUMER ERROR REPORTING SYSTEM THROUGH ITS CONSUMER WEBSITE (WWW.CONSUMERMEDSAFETY.ORG) AS WELL AS A NATIONAL VACCINE ERRORS REPORTING PROGRAM (ISMP VERP). RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES DEVELOPMENT: IN ADDITION TO DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ON SAFE MEDICATION USE GAINED THROUGH ITS REPORTING PROGRAMS AND OTHER SOURCES, ISMP CONDUCTS ORIGINAL RESEARCH TO HELP PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND DEVELOPS GUIDANCE AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES TO PREVENT ERRORS. ISMP MOST RECENTLY ISSUED THE 2022-2023 TARGETED MEDICATION SAFETY BEST PRACTICES FOR HOSPITALS AND 2023-2024 TARGETED MEDICATION SAFETY BEST PRACTICES FOR COMMUNITY PHARMACY TO IDENTIFY, INSPIRE, AND MOBILIZE NATIONAL ACTION ON RECURRING SAFETY PROBLEMS. ISMP ALSO HAS CONDUCTED NATIONAL MEDICATION SAFETY SELF-ASSESSMENTS FOR ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS IN 2000, 2004, AND 2011, A SELF-ASSESSMENT FOR HIGH-ALERT MEDICATIONS IN 2018 AND A SELF-ASSESSMENT FOR PERIOPERATIVE MEDICATION SAFETY IN 2021. TOPICS THAT OTHER ISMP SELF-ASSESSMENTS HAVE ADDRESSED INCLUDE ONCOLOGY, COMMUNITY/AMBULATORY PHARMACY, AND ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY.

  Expenses $1,162,617 · Revenue $1,024,346

• PUBLICATIONS:PUBLICATIONS: ISMP PRODUCES THREE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS THAT COLLECTIVELY REACH MILLIONS OF READERS AND ARE RECOGNIZED AS SOME OF THE MOST TIMELY, COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL ALERT SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD. THE BIWEEKLY ISMP MEDICATION SAFETY ALERT! ACUTE CARE EDITION PROVIDES VIRTUALLY EVERY US HOSPITAL WITH VITAL AND LIFE-SAVING INFORMATION ABOUT MEDICATION AND DEVICE ERRORS AND ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS. THE MONTHLY COMMUNITY/AMBULATORY CARE EDITION AND NURSE ADVISE-ERR NEWSLETTERS GIVE PHARMACISTS, PHARMACY TECHNICIANS, NURSES, PHYSICIANS, AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY CAN USE IN THEIR OWN PRACTICE SETTINGS. ISMP ALSO PUBLISHES EDUCATIONAL COLUMNS IN SEVERAL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS AND PUBLICATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE BOOKS ON SAFE MEDICATION USE FOR HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS. ISMP'S CONSUMER WEBSITE, WWW.CONSUMERMEDSAFETY.ORG, PROVIDES INDIVIDUALS WITH ADVICE FROM LEADING SAFETY EXPERTS AND INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES ON SAFE MEDICATION USE.MEMBERSHIPS: ISMP OFFERS A MEDICATION SAFETY MEMBERSHIP AND A SPECIALTY PHARMACY MEDICATION SAFETY MEMBERSHIP THAT AIM TO HELP REDUCE THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICATION ERRORS WITH EVIDENCE-BASED BEST PRACTICES. THE MEMBERSHIP PROVIDES ACTIONABLE GUIDANCE AND PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN MANAGING RISK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MEDICATION-USE PROCESS.

  Expenses $556,231 · Revenue $922,057

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

  501(C)(3) · IMPROVE HEALTHCARE · PA

• ECRI LABORATORIES

  501(C)(3) · INACTIVE · PA

  Directly controlled by EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

• ECRI SHARED SERVICES

  501(C)(3) · INACTIVE · PA

  Directly controlled by EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

• WHITEMARSH INSTITUTE

  501(C)(3) · INACTIVE · PA

  Directly controlled by EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

1 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202423109349301452

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