Using Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis™: The VA National Center for Patient Safety’s Prospective Risk Analysis System
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality ImprovementPublished 1 May 2002
Joseph DeRosier, Erik Stalhandske, James P. Bagian, Tina Nudell
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HFMEA, a five-step process used to proactively evaluate a health care process, is described and examples of a team's forms and actions regarding prostate-specific antigen testing are provided.
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The authors describe HFMEA, a five-step process used to proactively evaluate a health care process, and provide examples of a team's forms and actions regarding prostate-specific antigen testing.
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