Expanding Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: a composite proactive risk analysis approach

TY - JOUR

T1 - Expanding Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis

T2 - a composite proactive risk analysis approach

AU - Faiella, Giuliana

AU - Parand, Anam

AU - Franklin, Bryony Dean

AU - Chana, Prem

AU - Cesarelli, Mario

AU - Stanton, Neville A.

AU - Sevdalis, Nick

PY - 2017/8/4

Y1 - 2017/8/4

N2 - Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (HFMEA) is a systematic risk assessment method derived from high risk industries to prospectively examine complex healthcare processes. Like most methods, HFMEA has strengths and weaknesses. In this paper we provide a review of HFMEA's limitations and we introduce an expanded version of traditional HFMEA, with the addition of two safety management techniques: Systematic Human Error Reduction and Prediction Analysis (SHERPA) and Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes – Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis (STAMP-STPA). The combination of the three methodologies addresses significant HFMEA limitations. To test the viability of the proposed hybrid technique, we applied it to assess the potential failures in the process of administration of medication in the home setting. Our findings suggest that it is both a viable and effective tool to supplement the analysis of failures and their causes. We also found that the hybrid technique was effective in identifying corrective actions to address human errors and detecting failures of the constraints necessary to maintain safety.

AB - Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (HFMEA) is a systematic risk assessment method derived from high risk industries to prospectively examine complex healthcare processes. Like most methods, HFMEA has strengths and weaknesses. In this paper we provide a review of HFMEA's limitations and we introduce an expanded version of traditional HFMEA, with the addition of two safety management techniques: Systematic Human Error Reduction and Prediction Analysis (SHERPA) and Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes – Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis (STAMP-STPA). The combination of the three methodologies addresses significant HFMEA limitations. To test the viability of the proposed hybrid technique, we applied it to assess the potential failures in the process of administration of medication in the home setting. Our findings suggest that it is both a viable and effective tool to supplement the analysis of failures and their causes. We also found that the hybrid technique was effective in identifying corrective actions to address human errors and detecting failures of the constraints necessary to maintain safety.

KW - Combined prospective risk analysis

KW - HFMEA

KW - SHERPA

KW - STAMP-STPA

U2 - 10.1016/j.ress.2017.08.003

DO - 10.1016/j.ress.2017.08.003

M3 - Article

SN - 0951-8320

JO - Reliability engineering & system safety

JF - Reliability engineering & system safety

ER -