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Written by Mark Crockett, CEO Verge Health GRC Adoption Helps Bring Down Silos, Establish True Culture of Safety and Reliability The outrage over United Airlines forcible removal of a passenger, and the company’s clumsy response, shows how vulnerable even the largest organizations are when company policies fail to adapt to an emerging crisis. Reputations are

Pending CMS rules put hospital reputations at risk, and that’s a good thing Written by Mark Crockett, MD, CEO, Verge Health Can Health Systems Handle the Truth? “You can’t handle the truth!” exclaims a frustrated Jack Nicholson, as Col. Jessup in “A Few Good Men” confronted by Tom Cruise as Lt. Kaffee in the iconic

Prominent healthcare executives are predicting a drastic shift from on-premise IT infrastructure into the cloud. That includes electronic health records, clinical decision support and analytics. Today one would be hard-pressed to find a fistful of companies that consider generating their own power a competitive advantage — some hospital systems, rather, are harnessing cloud infrastructure services

By Mark Crockett, M.D., CEO, Verge Solutions As quickly as healthcare began to focus on patient experience, the law of unintended consequences kicked in. While well received as a tool to help improve care, this situation unintentionally gave rise to a consumer culture around patient treatment. Today’s value-based care arrangements call for providers to take

In today's patient-centered healthcare environment, the sustained commitment to quality and safety is an absolute imperative.

For successful hospital systems, one strategy cuts through the confusing and distracting changes in healthcare: Play defense. Protect the patient to win — clinically and financially.