Sentinel Events Update: Improving Root Cause Analyses and Actions to Prevent Harm. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Sentinel Events Update: Improving Root Cause Analyses and Actions to Prevent Harm. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• United States Meeting/Conference
 
• Published August 2018

Sentinel Events Update: Improving Root Cause Analyses and Actions to Prevent Harm.

Joint Commission Resources Quality and Safety Network. August 23, 2018; 2:00–3:00 PM (Eastern).

Sentinel events present learning opportunities for hospitals to reduce risks for similar problems. This webinar will discuss the sentinel event policy, outline root cause analysisactivities required to examine such events, and highlight alternative methods for reportingincidents.

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