Improving patient safety through combining quantitative and qualitative methodsImproving patient safety through combining quantitative and qualitative methods, was the focus of the thesis of IEM student Jedidja Visser, under supervision of dr.ir. Gréanne Leeftink, in collaboration with UMC Utrecht. Her work is recently published in Ergonomics. In this paper, we propose to combine Healthcare Failure Mode and Effects Analysis with Computer Simulation (HFMEA-CS) for prospective risk analysis of complex and potentially harmful processes, to prevent critical incidents from occurring in healthcare. HFMEA-CS combines expert opinions with quantitative analyses, such that the results are more reliable, reproducible, and fitting for complex healthcare settings. A case study in UMC Utrecht’s endocrinology department showed the working of HFMEA-CS to analyse drug adherence performance in the surgical admission to discharge process of pheochromocytoma patients, and improve this drug adherence towards 99%.Read more- New CHOIR publicationCHOIR researchers dr.ir. Gréanne Leeftink and prof.dr.ir. Erwin Hans, together with their collaborators of Mayo Clinic, recently published their joint work titled Optimising the booking horizon in healthcare clinics considering no-shows and cancellations, in the International Journal of Production Research. The article can be found here.Read more
Improving patient safety through combining quantitative and qualitative methods- New CHOIR publication
- New CHOIR publication
Richard Boucherie nieuwe voorzitter PWN
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