Developing a tool for assessing competency in root cause analysis.

Priyanka Gupta; Prathibha Varkey

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Developing a tool for assessing competency in root cause analysis.

January 21, 2009

Gupta P, Varkey P. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35(1):36-42.

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Root cause analysis (RCA) is being increasingly applied in health care systems to improve the quality and safety of care. This study describes an educational assessment tool to evaluate competency in conducting an RCA.

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