An Investigation of Human Errors in Medication Adverse Event Improvement Priority Using a Hybrid Approach

The aim of this study was to analyze and provide an in-depth improvement priority for medication adverse events. Thus, the Human Factor Analysis and Classification System with subfactors was used in this study to analyze the adverse events. Subsequently, the improvement priority for the subfactors was determined using the hybrid approach in terms of the Analytical Hierarchy Process and the fuzzy Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution. In Of the 157 medical adverse events selected from the Taiwan Patient-safety Reporting system, 25 cases were identified as medication adverse events. The Human Factor Analysis and Classification System and root cause analysis were used to analyze the error factors and subfactors that existed in the medication adverse events. Following the analysis, the Analytical Hierarchy Process and the fuzzy Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution were used to determine the improvement priority for subfactors. The results showed that the decision errors, crew resource management, inadequate supervision, and organizational climate contained more types of subfactors than other error factors in each category. In the current study, 16 improvement priorities were identified. According to the results, the improvement priorities can assist medical staff, researchers, and decisionmakers in improving medication process deficiencies efficiently. View Full-Text

Keywords: human error; medication adverse events; Human Factor Analysis and Classification System (HFACS); Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP); Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS)

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Hsieh, M.-C.; Chiang, P.-Y.; Lee, Y.-C.; Wang, E.M.-Y.; Kung, W.-C.; Hu, Y.-T.; Huang, M.-S.; Hsieh, H.-C. An Investigation of Human Errors in Medication Adverse Event Improvement Priority Using a Hybrid Approach. Healthcare 2021, 9, 442. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9040442

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Hsieh M-C, Chiang P-Y, Lee Y-C, Wang EM-Y, Kung W-C, Hu Y-T, Huang M-S, Hsieh H-C. An Investigation of Human Errors in Medication Adverse Event Improvement Priority Using a Hybrid Approach. Healthcare. 2021; 9(4):442. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9040442

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Hsieh, Min-Chih, Po-Yi Chiang, Yu-Chi Lee, Eric M.-Y. Wang, Wen-Chuan Kung, Ya-Tzu Hu, Ming-Shi Huang, and Huei-Chi Hsieh. 2021. "An Investigation of Human Errors in Medication Adverse Event Improvement Priority Using a Hybrid Approach" Healthcare 9, no. 4: 442. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9040442

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