"Root Cause Analysis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Multi-step systematic review process used for improving safety by investigation of incidents to find what happened, why it happened, and to determine what can be done to prevent it from happening again.
| Descriptor ID |
D060891
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.360.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Root Cause Analysis- Root Cause Analysis
- Analyses, Root Cause
- Analysis, Root Cause
- Cause Analyses, Root
- Cause Analysis, Root
- Root Cause Analyses
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Root Cause Analysis" by people in Profiles.
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Assessment of Health Information Technology-Related Outpatient Diagnostic Delays in the US Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A Qualitative Study of Aggregated Root Cause Analysis Data. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 06 01; 3(6):e206752.
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Using Fault Trees to Advance Understanding of Diagnostic Errors. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2017 11; 43(11):598-605.
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Patient safety training in pediatric emergency medicine: a national survey of program directors. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Jul; 21(7):835-8.
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Wake Up Safe and root cause analysis: quality improvement in pediatric anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 2014 Jul; 119(1):122-136.
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Root cause analysis reports help identify common factors in delayed diagnosis and treatment of outpatients. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Aug; 32(8):1368-75.