​Mark Crockett, M.D., CEO of IHA's Endorsed Business Partner, Verge Health, recently published an article that discusses the health care industry's need to deploy a strategy that better prevents failure, rather than correcting adverse outcomes after they have occurred. Below is an excerpt of the article. 

"In 2007, the Marine Corps deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan had a problem: how to identify an enemy that blended in with the population. They developed a behavioral approach to helping teams sharpen their tactical awareness skills to remain “left of bang,” or to fend off hostile actions before they culminate in the “bang” of conflict. In 2017, health care needs to deploy the same approach to managing risk and improving outcomes.

Health care is currently focused on right of bang, or the future correction of adverse events. Too much effort is expended to react to problems that have happened, and aren’t directed to preventing failure. The military (and other industries) expect that more than 80 percent of efforts should be spent left of bang to reliably prevent failure. A shift to a balanced approach is beginning to happen in top health systems for the first time, and it’s critically important for healthcare leaders to understand the how and the why." 

Verge Health is endorsed by IHA for their enterprise-wide software platform with a suite of applications to manage processes needed for the delivery of quality patient care and reimbursement  Learn more about Verge Health and read the article in its entirety.