PrevCORE: Designing Systems for Prevention, Not Just Correction
By Jim Zelem
In a world where leaders constantly react to problems, PrevCORE offers a bold alternative—designing systems that prevent issues before they happen.
Written for professionals across healthcare, operations, and organizational leadership, this concise and practical guide reframes the way we approach recurring failures. Instead of firefighting the same problems over and over, PrevCOREteaches you how to build a prevention culture from the ground up—using tools like root cause analysis, systems thinking, leading indicators, and more.
Whether you're facing burnout from constant crisis mode, trying to improve healthcare documentation and denials, or seeking operational excellence across your team, this book provides actionable steps to stop reacting and start designing.
Inside you’ll learn how to:
Distinguish between correction and prevention in real-world terms
Use metrics that matter to anticipate problems
Apply proven tools like checklists, control charts, and process maps
Foster a culture of learning, foresight, and collaboration
Protect and empower your preventive thinkers from burnout
Packed with relatable case studies, simple visuals, and repeatable frameworks, PrevCORE is ideal for managers, healthcare professionals, improvement specialists, and anyone seeking sustainable results through smarter systems.
If you're ready to stop fixing problems and start preventing them—this is your blueprint.