I couldn't agree more!

It is true that one cannot anticipate each and every change that is likely to occur. However it is a good idea to widen the scope of a research project and pose all possible questions. While it may be be possible to answer some of them through your research work, it at least opens the door for looking at unanswered questions and how future developments may impact them.

Dear Srini,

I generally agree with you. However, I would like to add something else. The three central pillars of the model of crisis prevention are people, processes and resources, and continual improvement. For the successful management of any organization, and consequently for the successful prevention of a crisis, the employees play the most important role and they must not only be competent to carry out their tasks, but must also have personal integrity. The competence of employees is measured by their training, their knowledge, skills and experience, and personal integrity by their professional and human honesty. Their role has to be crucial in any planning for potential crises in the future.

Best Regards,

Radoica

This proverb holds more true now than ever. If it is as you say, that changes and uncertainties are accelerating, then having a backup plan will be more important to ensure that your enterprise survives when faced with unexpected events. One of the most common preventative measures is insurance. You would not wait until something terrible and then try to solve it, you want to be protected WHEN something terrible happens, so that you can quickly get over it without going under. Other preventative-combinations in other situations include vaccines instead of treatments and savings instead of borrowing and portfolio diversification instead of specialization/all-eggs-in-one-basket

Dear Carl,

Thank you for your very interesting and thought provoking comments. I could not agree more with you. The most important thing is to know what you can prepare for in advance.

Best Regards,

Radoica

Thanks for nice articles . May I have any video narration of your study? If yes, pls, share..

Carl Alexander Frisk Although I thought it was more relevant to medical field but thanks to the edification of a simple but useful proverb by you, its applicability has been broaden wisely.. I Really appreciate your response.

many thanks and regards

Amina.

En la era de la velocidad y el avance de las tecnologías es importante antes de de enviar "clic" anticipar lo que podría derivarse de la información enviada, de la falsa noticia creada, porque ya no hay vuelta atrás y si vamos en consonancia con el concepto del desarrollo sostenible de planear, ver distintas perspectivas, universos paralelos. Hay que reflexionar desde esta expresión.

Dear Engr,

Thank you very much for the nice words about the article. I am sorry I do not have any videos to share. However, more or less all my work is available on ResearchGate.

Best Regards,

Radoica

Dear Amina,

You are completely right. This old saying "Prevention is better than cure" is applicable to nearly everything and not just medicine.

Best Regards,

Radoica

Dear Eulalia,

I agree that any analysis needs to include the three temporal elements - past, present and future. Without such an analysis we can not get a complete picture of the situation. If we learn from the past we can understand better the present and better prepare for the future.

Muchas gracias!

Best Regards,

Radoica

Dear Dr. Luburic! This question is inspiring to look into the future. I found a article below that made me even more to think:

1) Theresa Marteau (2019). "Prevention is better than cure—but what next? The Bennett Prospect Prize 2019" Prospect - the Resolution Group, Available at: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/prevention-is-better-than-cure-but-what-next-the-bennett-prospect-prize-2019

>>Citation: " The evidence, however, does not support these expectations. While personalised predictions can increase people’s motivation to change, they have (at best) minimal impact on how people actually behave. As attested by almost a century of evidence from the psychological and behavioural sciences, much of our behaviour is shaped more powerfully by the multiple, overlapping environments in which we live—physical, economic, social, digital and commercial—often without our awareness. "

Based on the enclosed research I reached at it seems that prevention is not that much possible in specific scenarios, curing is about to become bit more important. As a whole scenario planning is a crucial tool of curing to prevent&prepare future problems. Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely

So nice its still applying in everybodys life

Dear Bulcsu,

Thank you very much for your valuable comments, especially for the very interesting text "Prevention is better than cure—but what next?" The concept of predictive prevention is very complex and while cure becomes more relevant it does not rule out the need for an analysis of the potential cures that could be needed in the future. "Planning prevention is still better than only cure" is maybe the modification that is required to the old saying.

Best Regards,

Radoica

Dear Siddappa,

Thank you very much.

Best Regards,

Radoica

"Prevention was better than cure" in aviation in the past, it is still valid today and I am sure it is going to be valid in the future. In any area touching human life and working with humans, prevention will be the key. Technology will support the proactive management of the risks in many ways, but it cannot create a 'zero-risk' environment!

Dear Hassan, Thank you very much. Best Regards,

Radoica

Dear Ferhan, Thank you very much for your valuable comments. You are absolutely right, I completely agree with you. Best Regards,

Radoica

I think Modern medicine is overwhelmingly reactive rather than proactive.

The saying is still true and will continue to be true. Why do you think Robust Design exists and is still popular when conducting Design of Experiments prior to starting a process? This is so that one is able to take into account extraneous variables ("noise") that cannot be controlled and hence it is wise to make the process robust against the uncontrollable noise. In the same vein, one should brainstorm various possibles ahead of time so that the probability of disasters occurring can be minimized. True, nobody can predict and prevent disasters 100% of the time, but the company philosophy should be to anticipate as many uncertainties as possible and take care of it via design and continuous process improvement. Genichi Taguchi was an expert in this area. Repairing a problem is costlier than letting the problem not happen in the fist place.

This is true for wide array of aspects and particularly true for healthcare

There is no doubt that there will be a shift towards a more patient-centric care-based systems in near future. This systems will aim to empower patients to manage their own health enabled by intelligent technologies from an advanced healthcare system. Therefore, organizations of today cannot merely rely on improving efficacy to drive better outcomes. Healthcare needs to be intelligent and preventive, rather than reactive, and the key to unlock this transformational potential of the healthcare industry is data.

Dear Srini,

I agree with you that we can all learn from the work of Genichi Taguchi. The hard part is being able to recognize such problems in time.

Best Regards,

Radoica

Analysis not related my field. But I studied. Waiting for vizual lecturs.

One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention. Anne Wojcicki

Dear doctor

Go To

Prevention is Better than Cure: A Hands-On, Play-Based, Innovative, Health and Well-Being Program in Remote Australia

by Lis Mathiasen

Children 2014, 1(3), 318-338; https://doi.org/10.3390/children1030318

"Abstract

A key to improving the quality of life in remote communities is the empowerment of children who are at health and educational risk. Between 2002 and 2009, at a remote Aboriginal school, students and community members participated in an innovative, play-based health and well-being program aimed at helping children to become self-determining and responsible for their own health and well-being. Holistic in its approach, and broad in its scope, the multi-faceted program encompassed the fundamentals of personal hygiene; understanding of body systems; the importance of nutrition, hydration, sleep and exercise; brain care; the biology of emotions, with particular emphasis on anger management and the critical interplay between emotions and behavior; the impact of substances of abuse on the brain; as well as the Hospital Familiarization Program (HFP) which prepares children for planned and unplanned hospitalization. Program outcomes included improved school attendance and student engagement; increased community awareness of the importance of a healthy lifestyle; improved self-concept, self-esteem and self-confidence; as well as increased respect and caring for self and others. A reduction in children’s fear and anxiety when facing hospitalization and visits to the doctor was also evident. Each year, 12,500 children throughout Western Australia enjoy the benefits of the HFP."

Dear Doctor

Go To

Schrijvers, E., Prins, C., Passchier, R. (2021). Preparing for Digital Disruption. In: Preparing for Digital Disruption. Research for Policy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77838-5_4

"Introduction

Prevention is better than cure, goes the adage. There is much to be said for prevention, especially when there is a chance to avoid the consequences of disruption altogether. But even if we take every preventive measure under the sun, we can never entirely exclude the possibility of serious disruption to the normal functioning of society. We therefore need to be prepared and to have early-warning mechanisms that can alert us when things are going awry. If disruption does occur, adequate follow-up action is vital. Recovery and reconstruction are key if society is to resume its normal functioning as rapidly as possible.

For physical risks such as major flooding or a severe flu epidemic, the government and other actors have identified measures to increase preparedness, detect early signs of disruption, minimize the impact and facilitate recovery. Probably more than any other event, the Covid-19 outbreak has underlined the importance of swift and coordinated responses. The Dutch government, however, has only recently recognized the risk of societal disruption due to the failure or disruption of digital infrastructure. Partly for this reason, we are unprepared. Extant policies focus on cyber security and prevention rather than on handling disruptive events as they unfold.

Conclusion

The government and other parties have always taken steps to minimize the potential consequences of societal disruption. Digitization adds a new form of disruption to the list of risks we are already familiar with. This section has focused on contingency measures in anticipation of digital disruption. Our main conclusion is that these measures have yet to be adequately implemented and that the government and other parties are insufficiently prepared. A number of steps are required:

• There is currently no coherent policy for critical infrastructure: for back-up options, the isolation of chains and networks, for cyber exercises, and for providing information on how to respond to urgent incidents. While regulations diverge between sectors and organizations, other factors undermine our preparedness as a society. Back-up options disappear as analogue systems are decommissioned and organizations outsource important facilities to third parties, further increasing the interdependence between processes and sectors.
• Information sharing has recently improved and become much more comprehensive. But it is still hampered by sectoral divisions and a partly outdated distinction between critical and non-critical providers. This means that signals may not be picked up (or picked up too late) by the relevant actors. A broader perspective is needed for gathering and sharing knowledge. While the current focus is on digital security measures, vulnerabilities and incidents, there is much less clarity for service providers and governments when it comes to chains, networks and the dependencies they create. This kind of knowledge is essential if we want to be able to classify the severity of incidents and manage the spread of digital disruption.
• In combating digital disruption, the government depends on information and cooperation from private actors (many of them based overseas). But the government lacks any clearly defined authority to intervene on the basis of specific categories of digital incidents; there is also little clarity about which public bodies should take action for which type of incident. Greater powers for the government should be accompanied by adequate protection for private parties, as interventions based on coercion may have adverse financial effects.
• Digital disruption can cross national borders, calling for international coordination. The current approach relies on partly inadequate national mechanisms, which is particularly risky in light of the spill-over effects into critical infrastructure elsewhere in Europe and attacks on European institutions. The need for European and international cooperation is urgent due to the geopolitical dynamics that surround digital disruption.
• Recovery and reconstruction would currently be difficult to achieve. The funds required for recovery would be in short supply now that insurers seem to be withdrawing from the cyber insurance market. But other major incidents of damage show that solutions are possible. While learning from incidents requires wide-ranging reflection and analysis, this is currently limited by various supervisory authorities processing the available data on incidents in isolation, precluding the benefits of potential learning effects."

To me, it means that prevention is better than something requiring a cure. And I think it is still relevant despite the digital age.

This is from the Royal College of Nursing that I still belong to, despite having retired:

'Promotion of healthy lifestyles and the prevention of ill health is a fundamental principle behind public health and improving the public's health. The phrase 'prevention is better than cure' is often attributed to the Dutch philosopher Desiderius Erasmus in around 1500. It is now a fundamental principle of modern health care and inherent within health and social care strategies across the UK'

https://www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved/Campaign-with-us/Prevention-is-better-than-cure#:~:text=The%20phrase%20%27prevention%20is%20better,Ireland%2C%20Scotland%2C%20Wales).

Dear Mary,

Thank you so much for your comments and feedback.

Best Regards,

Radoica