Root Cause Analysis in Health Care: Tools and Techniques. 6th Edition. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Root Cause Analysis in Health Care: Tools and Techniques. 6th Edition. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Book/Report
 
• Published October 2017

Root Cause Analysis in Health Care: Tools and Techniques. 6th Edition.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2017. ISBN: 9781599409849.

Root cause analysis has been widely adopted as a strategy to investigate events, despite questions regarding its effectiveness in health care. This book provides information about updated approaches to root cause analysis, including how this strategy enables design of proactive and reactive improvements.

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