Root Cause Analysis and Health Informatics
Jones, R.W.; Despotou, G.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 226: 131-134
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 1879-8365 PMID: 27350485 Document Number: 688552
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is the most widely used system analysis tool for investigating safety related incidents in healthcare. This contribution reviews RCA techniques, using a Health Informatics example, and discusses barriers to their successful uptake by healthcare organisations. It is concluded that a critical assessment to examine the uptake and evaluate the success of RCA, and other safety related techniques, within healthcare is long overdue.