{"id":599366,"date":"2026-04-22T10:11:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/599366\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:11:21","slug":"ecri-is-spinning-out-a-supply-chain-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/599366\/","title":{"rendered":"ECRI is spinning out a supply chain business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to article \u2022\u00a00:00 min<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">ECRI, a Willow Grove nonprofit that publishes an <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/health\/health-hazards-2020-ecri-surgical-staplers-ultrasound-sterilization-dialysis-home-cybersecurity-20191011.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/health\/health-hazards-2020-ecri-surgical-staplers-ultrasound-sterilization-dialysis-home-cybersecurity-20191011.html\">annual top 10 list of technology health hazards<\/a>, is spinning out a technology business to help healthcare providers navigate product recalls and monitor spending on supplies, ECRI announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The spinout is happening with the financial support of a technology-focused private-equity firm called Accel-KKR. ECRI did not disclose how much Accel-KKR invested or how much it would receive from the deal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The Staritas systems are used by health systems nationwide to save up to $13 billion a year on items from masks to MRI machines, Staritas said on its website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">ECRI, which will keep a stake in the spinout, had a net loss of $2.8 million on $80.4 million in revenue in 2024, according to its 990 tax return. The tax return said ECRI employed 532 people that year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">A spokesperson for the <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/philly\/health\/20150524_ECRI__with_an_office_in_Plymouth_Meeting__is_tops_in_medical_technology_testing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/philly\/health\/20150524_ECRI__with_an_office_in_Plymouth_Meeting__is_tops_in_medical_technology_testing.html\">63-year-old nonprofit<\/a> did not answer questions about how many employees went with Staritas or how much of its revenue was from that unit in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">ECRI said the spinoff of Staritas will allow it to deepen its focus on the creation of \u201cresilient and safe healthcare systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The organization\u2019s <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/misuse-of-ai-chatbots-tops-annual-list-of-health-technology-hazards-302666948.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/misuse-of-ai-chatbots-tops-annual-list-of-health-technology-hazards-302666948.html\">number-one health hazard<\/a> on its 2026 list was the misuse of AI chatbots in healthcare, because they sometimes provide false or misleading information. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to article \u2022\u00a00:00 min ECRI, a Willow Grove nonprofit that publishes an annual top 10 list of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[260942,97,252,253],"class_list":["post-599366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-ecri-staritas-spinout-private-equity","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}