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The role of failure mode and effects analysis in health care.

March 22, 2016

Fibuch E, Ahmed A. Physician Exec. 2014;40(4):28-32.

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Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) has been recommended as a method to detect safety hazards and proactively address system flaws. This article reviews the initial purpose of FMEA, provides a breakdown of the process, describes a scoring tool applying Six Sigma designations to determine probability of failure, and discusses how FMEA is used in health care settings.

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