Independent patient safety organization ECRI recently unveiled its new $13 million global headquarters and medical device evaluation laboratory in Plymouth Meeting, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal.

ECRI, which conducts unbiased medical device evaluations, has developed the new space on its 24-acre campus on Butler Pike by demolishing a part of an old building and expanding an existing building.

“The new building symbolizes the transformation that ECRI has been undergoing over the past four or five years,” said Dr. Marcus Schabacker, ECRI’s CEO. “It symbolizes what we are all about: innovation, transparency, and integrity.”

The nonprofit was founded in 1986. It aims to improve the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of medical care in all healthcare settings around the globe.

The organization recently further expanded its global footprint, with its services rapidly changing the healthcare market. During the pandemic, the nonprofit altered its business structure to better support a virtual hybrid workforce.

“The pandemic posed an incredible opportunity for ECRI to completely reimagine how to transform our existing space to meet the changing needs of the healthcare community. For us, creating collaboration spaces for our mainly virtual workforce was the unifying element and we accomplished this with a design centered on transparency, flexibility, and smart technology,” says Pete Catalano, chief financial officer of ECRI, and executive project manager of the headquarters renovation.

The new headquarters features an independent medical device evaluation laboratory, an environmental lab, and an accident and forensic investigation lab, along with multi-use, high-tech meeting rooms, open collaboration areas, and flexible workstations.

A future third level is being envisioned as a hub for innovation.

Read more about ECRI in the Philadelphia Business Journal.