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The problem with root cause analysis: it's a buzzword that can very easily become meaningless because not all problems have a single cause.(featurearticle)
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Nursing Homes
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February 1, 2008
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Root cause analysis has become an important quality assurance method for identifying problems encountered in long-term care. Without a doubt, it is critical to identify and isolate issues that can lead to problems in nursing home care. Root cause analysis can help you identify and correct issues, leading to higher quality care.
Unfortunately, however, root cause analysis has become a "buzzword" in long-term care, conveying the impression that asking questions and examining "the roots" of an issue, often in desultory fashion, will produce a solution. Also implicit in the advocacy of this approach is that it can be completed by anyone, regardless of skill level. All of this ...
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