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Review of alternatives to root cause analysis: developing a robust system for incident report analysis.
September 18, 2019
Hagley G, Mills PD, Watts B, et al. BMJ Open Qual. 2019;8(3):e000646.
Root cause analysis is a fundamental approach to understanding how failures occur, but some have questioned its effectiveness in health care. This review highlights alternative approaches to incident analysis that address some of the concerns with root cause analysis, such as time commitment and lack of follow up.
