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Improving Systems: A Two-Day Workshop on Root Cause Analysis and Failure Modes Effects Analysis
| Sponsor: | Acibadem Healthcare Group |
| Objective: | To understand how systems impact patient safety; to expand knowledge for practical application in hospital, and to understand how tools such as RCA and FMEA can improve systems. |
| Dates: | October 21-22, 2005 |
| Location: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Selected Topics: | Occurrence of Medical Error Role for Patient Safety Systems Theory: Hospitals as Systems Human Factors Error Classification Systems: Vincent and Others Root Cause Analysis Introduction to Failure Mode and Effects Analysis FMEA: Real Examples from Acibadem Moving from Root Cause Analysis to Implementing Improvements: Tracking, Metrics, and Quality Improvement Theory |
| Selected Faculty: | Course director: Kenneth Sands, MD, MPH, Vice President, Health Care Quality, BIDMC |
| Audience: | Health care leaders in Turkey |
