Evaluating inputs of failure modes and effects analysis in identifying patient safety risks.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There is a growing awareness on the use of systems approaches to improve patient safety and quality. While earlier studies evaluated the validity of such approaches to identify and mitigate patient safety risks, so far only little attention has been given to their inputs, such as structured brainstorming and use of system mapping approaches (SMAs), to understand their impact in the risk identification process. To address this gap, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate the inputs of a well-known systems approach, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), in identifying patient safety risks in a real healthcare setting.

Design/methodology/approach

This study was conducted in a newly established adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder service at Cambridge and

SUBMITTER: Simsekler MCE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6420048 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature