INBW16: It’s Fragile, That’s My 2017 Roll-Up of the Healthcare Industry

Stacey is co-president of Aventria Health Group, specializing in helping employer, pharmaceutical, device, and pharmacy clients by creating partnerships with other health care organizations. For 20 years, Stacey has innovated better-coordinated health solutions benefiting all stakeholders, and most of all, the patient.

00:00 The state of health care is fragile. 00:45 Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas 02:20 How easy it is for healthcare systems to break down. 02:40 “You can’t domesticate disorder, volatility, or uncertainty.” 03:15 The requirements of being an antifragile organization. 03:30 “Does everyone on the team understand the end game?” 04:45 Balancing people and processes. 05:25 “There is always judgement involved.” 06:30 Overlap and quality control. 09:10 Allow for small mistakes. 11:45 The need for a feedback group. 14:15 Iatrogenic - relating to an illness caused by medical examination or treatment. 15:20 How rapid scaling slows down the ability to become antifragile. 17:10 Testing if you’re doing something for the wrong reasons. 18:00 “What does the healthy business look like?” 18:20 How oligopolies make health care more fragile.