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Hospital Topics Volume 98, 2020 - Issue 3
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Modified Early Warning System: Quality Improvement with the Help of Healthcare Failure Modes and Effect Analysis

Salam Ahmad SamimHospital and Healthcare Management, Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences, Pune, India;
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Ankit SinghHospital and Healthcare Management, Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences, Pune, India; Correspondence[email protected]
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Priya RaviQuality Assurance, Noble Hospital, Pune, India
Pages 108-117 | Published online: 07 Jul 2020
 
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Abstract

Introduction: Hospitals struggle to implement MEWS. This study aims to improve MEWS implementation in the studied hospital.

Objective: Improve the implementation of MEWS with the help of HFMEA.

Materials: HFMEA together with training is used to improve the implementation.

Results: The pre-intervention RPN got reduced from 1558 to 516 in the post-implementation phase.

Application: This demonstrates improvement in the implementation of MEWS with the help of HFMEA, this study design can be widely used.

Conclusion: The HFMEA is an effective tool to use for the improvement of MEWS implementation by the hospital nurses.

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