Proactive patient safety: enhancing hospital readiness through simulation-based clinical systems testing and healthcare failure mode and effect analysis.

Tarek HazwaniHeba HamamAngela CaswellAzza MadkhalySaif Al SaifZahra Al HassanReem Al SweilemAsma Arabi

Published in: Advances in simulation (London, England) (2024)

The SbCST and HFMEA were highly effective with regard to proactively identifying and mitigating LSTs across all aspects of hospital preparedness. This systematic and comprehensive approach offers a valuable tool for enhancing patient safety in new healthcare facilities, thereby potentially setting a new standard for proactive hazard identification and risk management in the context of healthcare construction and commissioning.

Keyphrases

patient safety
healthcare
quality improvement
acute care
emergency department
health information
adverse drug
data analysis
high density