Abstract Background Root Cause Analysis (RCA) has been applied as a structured
analytical technique to investigate patient harm events in Queensland Health since 2005; …

Suicide is a global public health challenge, around 700 000 people die from suicide every
year. A large proportion was in contact with healthcare close in time before death …

Root Cause analysis (RCA) is a widely implemented event-analysis tool in healthcare, used
to improve pa-tient safety. Several studies have assessed the effectiveness of RCA solutions …

Trust between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve is essential to the
safety of our citizens. Relationships between police and communities have, however …

Objective We aim to examine the effect of benchmarking on quality-of-care metrics in
patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) through the …

Root cause analysis (RCA) is a retrospective method of analyzing sentinel events and errors
aimed at identification of the “root cause” of the problem. The RCA process should be …

Urban heat island (UHI) effects are evident in many cities globally. Studies have revealed
that UHI impacts air pollution and vice versa. However, it is observed that these two severe …

Objectives Developing a workforce skilled in improving the safety of medical care has often
been cited as an important means to achieve safer care. Although some educational …

Objective: To map, in the literature, the risk management tools aimed at investigating health
adverse events. Method: Scoping review according to the Joanna Brigss Institute, with …

University and campus public safety departments deal with a wide range of planned events
and incidents from felonious crimes, chemical spills, and other emergent incidents to routine …