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Root Cause Analysis: A Summary of Root Cause Analysis and its use in State Developmental Disabilities Agencies
03/01/2002 | Requests *Summary
This introduction to root cause analysis, and its adaptation to developmental disabilities systems, has been commissioned by the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) in an effort to assist state DD program administrators enhance their risk management and quality improvement activities. It is designed to provide guidance on the use of root cause analysis to individuals charged with managing programs and larger systems that serve and support persons with developmental disabilities.
Author
Staugatis PhD, Steven D
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Keywords
Human Services; Root Cause Analysis; consumer safety; risk; developmental disabilities
Topic
Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Organizational Change, Quality
Type/Tool
Reports
Source
HSRI, Thomson Reuters (formerly Medstat)
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
11/26/2003
Contact
June Rowe
jrowe@hsri.org
jrowe@hsri.org
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