A free guide on conducting root causes analyses is available from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Patient Safety. The tools include guides for developing a chronological event ...

Providers often apply root-cause analysis when examining medical errors or adverse outcomes, but hospitals could apply the same approach to determine which admissions may be preventable. That's the ...

The Pew Charitable Trusts, an independent non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO), has earned a reputation as a change-agent for food safety. Pew’s latest goal is to bring “root cause analyses ...

During a recent visit to a skilled nursing facility, a nurse made an insightful comment that stuck with me: “You can’t unscramble eggs.” This simple yet profound statement highlighted the difficulty ...

Natalie Gross is a freelance journalist and podcast producer based in the Washington, D.C., area. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Georgetown University. The morning of Aug. 16, 2019 began ...

The 2023 ECCP re-emphasized the need for both performing a root cause analysis but equally importantly using it to remediate your compliance program. It stated, “a hallmark of a compliance program ...

A fishbone diagram allows you to see the cause and effect of processes. It is frequently called an Ishikawa Diagram. It is one of 7 effective QC tools used within Six Sigma. The three phases of the ...

During usability testing, finding the root cause of errors will enable developers to fix problematic device design characteristics. Stephen B. Wilcox, PhD, FIDSA and Peter Sneeringer, MS The most ...

Two expectations informed end-users have of electric motor service centers are reliable best practice repairs and root cause failure analysis (RCFA) to prevent recurring failures. Service centers ...

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