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Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats Analysis for a Pediatric Anesthesia Program
Ramón Eizaga Rebollar1, María Victoria García Palacios2, María Del Carmen Fernández Mangas1
1Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Puerta de Mar University Hospital, Cádiz, Spain.
Abstract:
Risk management in healthcare institutions begins by first identifying the potential risks within a certain organization or specific area and then goes on to develop further strategies to reduce harm. The most common tool for this type of analysis is Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT).
Methods:
We conducted a SWOT analysis in our pediatric anesthesia program: key factors were identified in a matrix, prioritized in a score table, represented in a graph, and finally analyzed.
Results:
Items obtained partial scores from 20 to 120. The item "lack of clinical protocols" was given greater weight (60) and received a lower value (1), resulting in the highest partial score (60) among the negative key factors and indicating a need for greater efforts to improve this specific aspect.
Conclusion:
The SWOT tool proved effective in identifying safety and quality key factors, and it provided information for initiating an improvement program.
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