The remarkable and inspirational story of the development of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system was told on the front page of the Wall Street Journal (Israel’s Iron Dome Defense Battled to Get Off Ground). It made me wonder: is there anything from that story that we can apply to our big health care problems?
To summarize:
- The threat of short-range missiles fired at Israel has been apparent for several years.
- Though people have discussed solutions, it was assumed by lay people and experts that a solution was unlikely or impossible. Either it wouldn’t work technically, would be too expensive, or would take too long – or all of the above
- A senior official – in this case a Brig. General in charge of R&D at the Ministry of Defense – decided to make it happen anyway, despite opposition from almost all quarters
- An inexpensive, effective system was conceived, developed, deployed and utilized within just a few years
- Established defense contractors were brought into the project
- The system was integrated into the existing armed forces once completed
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