Effectiveness and Efficiency of Root Cause Analysis in Medicine

Root cause analysis was originally developed in psychology and systems engineering to identify the basic and causal factors that underlie variation in performance. But now, RCA is a familiar tool for hospitals and health care organizations and has helped to identify many problems and solutions. Howe...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2008-02, Vol.299 (6), p.685-687
Main Authors: Wu, Albert W, Lipshutz, Angela K. M, Pronovost, Peter J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical medicine
Effectiveness
Efficiency
Health care industry
Health Care Sector - organization & administration
Medical Errors - prevention & control
Problem solving
Risk Management
Safety Management
Total Quality Management
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Summary:Root cause analysis was originally developed in psychology and systems engineering to identify the basic and causal factors that underlie variation in performance. But now, RCA is a familiar tool for hospitals and health care organizations and has helped to identify many problems and solutions. However, many RCAs are performed incorrectly or incompletely and do not produce usable results. Here, Wu et al examine the effectiveness and efficiency of root cause analysis in medicine.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.299.6.685