Two expectations informed end-users have of electric motor service centers are reliable best practice repairs and root cause failure analysis (RCFA) to prevent recurring failures. Service centers ...

Natalie Gross is a freelance journalist and podcast producer based in the Washington, D.C., area. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Georgetown University. The morning of Aug. 16, 2019 began ...

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 ...

As semiconductor devices become smaller and more complex, the product development lifecycle grows increasingly intricate. So, from early builds to pre-qualification testing, firmware development and ...

An accident must occur before root cause analysis can be performed, making it a reactive versus a proactive tool when it comes to improving safety. When accidents happen, organizations analyze them to ...

Objective. The purpose of this study was to develop and test a simulation method of conducting investigation of the causality of adverse surgical outcomes. Design. Six hundred and thirty-one closed ...

In this interview, AZoM talks to Dr James Woods, Senior Research Scientist at Jordi Labs, about product failure analysis, and how to determine its root cause. Product failure can occur whenever the ...

Patient safety remains a cornerstone of effective healthcare delivery, with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) emerging as a vital process for understanding and preventing adverse events. RCA is a systematic ...

During a recent visit to a skilled nursing facility, a nurse made an insightful comment that stuck with me: “You can’t unscramble eggs.” This simple yet profound statement highlighted the difficulty ...

When it comes to quality and safety improvement, healthcare leaders spend plenty of time analyzing adverse events and what led up to an unfavorable outcome. At NYC Health + Hospitals, leaders are ...

A few decades ago, simply knowing how your business was performing was a competitive advantage. Before computers, tracking and analyzing, even a handful of business metrics required dozens of people.