Cause Mapping Example:
Partnership for Patient Safety (p4ps) is a patient-centered initiative to advance the reliability of healthcare systems worldwide. The patient events within the award-winning video series “First, Do No Harm” have been dissected using the Cause Mapping method of root cause analysis.
In this example investigation the cause-and-effect relationships for both patient events are matched to the corresponding breakdowns in the different work processes.
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