Prospective risk analysis of health care processes : a systematic evaluation of the use of HFMEA in Dutch health care

The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (HFMEA™) in Dutch health care by means of user feedback. Thirteen HFMEA™ analyses of various health care processes were successfully concluded and on average took 69 person-hours (excluding reporting). These results show that HFMEA™ can successfully be applied in Dutch health care. However, the user feedback also uncovered several perceived drawbacks, such as the fact that HFMEA™ is very time-consuming and that, particularly, the risk assessment part of HFMEA™ is difficult to carry out. Moreover, a lac... Mehr ...