Patients at an emergency room in a large urban hospital frequently experience long wait times before they
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Patients at an emergency room in a large urban hospital frequently experience long wait times before they actually see a physician. The hospital has decided to use FMEA to determine an action plan for addressing the problem, defining a “failure” as a wait time of 30 minutes or longer. A group study has produced the following data:
a. Which failure mode has the largest RPN?
b. Provide a suggestion on how to lower the probability of occurrence or impact for each of the three failure modes (causes).
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Authors: Morgan Swink, Steven Melnyk, Janet L. Hartley, M. Bixby Cooper
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