Failure Mode And Effects Analysis in Health Care: Proactive Risk Reduction

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), a systematic approach to error prevention, helps you examine specific processes to identify failures before they happen, determine the consequences, and manage potential risks. This second edition offers the following special features: a step-by-step guide through FMEA, from identifying high- and low-risk situations to implementing and monitoring the new processes you develop; clear process summaries, tips, and keywords; and, real world examples in the book and accompanying CD-ROM that show how actual health care organizations use FMEA to lower their risks. Health care professionals can now use a proactive approach toward risk assessment and management activities so that patient care, treatment, and services can be designed or redesigned to prevent failure.