Root-cause analysis is core to problem-solving across many fields. From hospitals searching for patient safety issues to ...

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 ...

UChicago Medicine is one of 12 hospitals in the nation with a 26-year, Leapfrog straight-“A” streak and Stephen Weber, MD, said the secret is to never be satisfied. “Whether I’m seeing patients or ...

The interrelated final standards on quality management issued in June 2022 by the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board and Accounting and Review Services Committee are intended to clarify and improve ...

For many technicians, root cause analysis has been the gateway to finding automotive repair and maintenance solutions. American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council contends that ...

Editor’s note: This article is the second in a series to help practitioners learn about the AICPA’s new quality management standards and prepare to implement them. The interrelated final standards on ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board wants accounting firms to get to the root of their problems. In a new report, "Root Cause Analysis – An Effective Practice To Drive Audit Quality," board ...

As evil actions surge across the United States, the plea for gun control intensifies. But isn’t a root cause analysis in order before restricting our sacred freedoms? If we take away the guns, aren’t ...

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 ...