The Director's Forum series is edited by Robert Weber and Scott Mark and is designed to guide pharmacy leaders in establishing patient-centered services in hospitals and health systems. This month's article focuses on a health care failure mode and effects analysis (HC-FMEA) to analyze the prescribing of high-risk medications. HC-FMEA can provide the pharmacy director with a powerful approach to directly changing processes to improve medication safety.
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