Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
 Modules  Module 4: The “Analysis” of Medical Error, and Implementation
1. Introduction to Course
2. History of Patient Safety
3. The Science of Human Error
4. The Analysis of Medical Error
5. Evidence-Based Medical Practice
6. Communication and Information Transfer
7. Adverse Patient Outcomes
8. The Role of the Patient and Family
9. Environmental Safety in the Medical Setting
10. Safe Medical Practice In Ambulatory Settings

In Summary…HFMEA

  • Builds upon others work in proactive risk assessment (FMEA, HACCP, RCA)
  • Only healthcare-specific analysis model in use
  • Meets JCAHO criteria for prospective assessment
  • Detailed description of the process to be published in the May 2002 JCAHO Journal on Quality Management
 
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