Failure mode and effects analysis: a comparison of two common risk prioritisation methods.
McElroy LM, Khorzad R, Nannicelli AP, et al. Failure mode and effects analysis: a comparison of two common risk prioritisation methods. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016;25(5):329-336. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004130.
Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) is a human factors engineering method used to examine a process in health care to identify potential safety risks. Comparing a traditional resource-intensive FMEA with a simplified version, this analysis found that the simplified method identified risks accurately. These results should encourage more widespread use of this more feasible version of FMEA.