You’ve heard of probable cause. You’ve found the root causes of problems. But what is plausible cause, and why should we care? After all, plausible cause isn’t even an entry in my favorite dictionary ...

Root-cause analysis is core to problem-solving across many fields. From hospitals searching for patient safety issues to engineers diagnosing faults in complex machinery, finding the source of a ...

Even if the pattern remains unspoken, several marketing executives, in various fields, recognize the phenomenon.

Included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program” is a form to assist healthcare organizations ...

The Joint Commission has determined the 10 most common causes of sentinel events reported in the first six months of 2013. An organization reporting a sentinel event submits a root cause analysis to ...