Creating a web-based incident analysis and communication system.

Scott Marsal; John E. Heffner

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Creating a web-based incident analysis and communication system.

November 2, 2011

Marsal S, Heffner JE. J Hosp Med. 2012;7(2):142-7.

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This study reports on the development of a system for standardizing root cause analysis of sentinel events.

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