Prevention is better: the case of the underutilized failure mode effect analysis in patient safety
Abstract Prospective hazard analysis methodologies, like failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), have been tried and tested in the engineering industry and are more recently gaining momentum in healthcare. Considering FMEA’s evidence based successes, this commentary makes the case that healthcare...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-02-01
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| Series: | Israel Journal of Health Policy Research |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13584-016-0131-2 |