# Incident reporting blog

> Short, answer-first articles on incident reports, sentinel events, root cause methods, plans of correction, OSHA recordability and more.

Source: https://incidentkit.ai/blog · Updated Oct 5, 2026

- [How AI intake changes incident reporting](https://incidentkit.ai/blog/how-ai-intake-changes-incident-reporting): AI intake swaps a long form for a conversation. See how it differs from forms, what the studies show, where human review fits and what to watch for.
- [Incident reporting software pricing models: what each one does to your bill](https://incidentkit.ai/blog/incident-reporting-software-pricing-models): Incident reporting software is priced per seat, module, site, bed or by enterprise contract. See what each does to total cost and which questions to ask.
- [What to put in a plan of correction](https://incidentkit.ai/blog/what-to-put-in-a-plan-of-correction): A plan of correction answers each CMS-2567 citation: what you will fix, how, who owns it, by when and how you will check. See the elements and a skeleton.
- [First aid vs medical treatment: where OSHA draws the recordability line](https://incidentkit.ai/blog/first-aid-vs-medical-treatment-osha): OSHA's first-aid list is closed: anything not on it is medical treatment and makes an injury recordable. See the 14 items, real cases and other triggers.
- [AAAHC vs Joint Commission for ASCs: a fair comparison](https://incidentkit.ai/blog/aaahc-vs-joint-commission-for-ascs): AAAHC and the Joint Commission both hold CMS deeming authority for ASCs. Compare survey style, standards focus, fee drivers and what stays the same.
- [What is a sentinel event?](https://incidentkit.ai/blog/what-is-a-sentinel-event): A sentinel event is a patient safety event that reaches a patient and causes death, severe or permanent harm. See the definition, examples and first steps.
- [How to get staff to report near misses](https://incidentkit.ai/blog/how-to-get-staff-to-report-near-misses): Staff report near misses when it is quick, safe and visibly useful. See the barriers, a just culture in practice, a 90-second report and what leaders say.
- [Five whys vs fishbone vs fault tree: how to choose a root cause method](https://incidentkit.ai/blog/five-whys-vs-fishbone-vs-fault-tree): Five whys, fishbone and fault tree answer different questions. See when each works, where it falls short, a worked example and how to get past human error.
- [How to write an incident report](https://incidentkit.ai/blog/how-to-write-an-incident-report): Write an incident report as plain facts: what you saw, what you did, who was told. See the elements, a good and a poor example, and what to leave out.
- [Incident report vs variance report vs occurrence report: what is the difference?](https://incidentkit.ai/blog/incident-report-vs-variance-report-vs-occurrence-report): Incident, variance and occurrence reports are mostly one document under different names. See what each captures and when the law cares about the label.