Root Cause Analysis and Actions (RCA2). | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Root Cause Analysis and Actions (RCA2). | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Upcoming Meeting/Conference
 
• Published January 2018

Root Cause Analysis and Actions (RCA2).

Institute for Healthcare Improvement. January 10–March 21, 2018; 12:00–1:00 PM (Eastern).

Root cause analysis has been promoted as a process to investigate and learn from failure. This webinar series features organizations that will discuss their experiences with employing a root cause analysis approach that helps address barriers to achieve improvements. Dr. Terry Fairbanks will serve as faculty for the sessions.

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