The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care

by Christensen, Clayton; Grossman, Jerome; Hwang, Jason

• ISBN13: 9780071592086
• ISBN10: 0071592083
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-25
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

A groundbreaking prescription for health care reform--from a legendaryleader in innovation . . .Our health care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future generations.We need a cure, and we need it now.Harvard Business School's Clayton M. Christensenwhose bestsellingThe Innovator's Dilemmarevolutionized the business worldpresentsThe Innovator's Prescription, a comprehensive analysis of the strategies that will improvehealth care and make it affordable.Christensen applies the principles of disruptive innovation to the broken health care system with two pioneers in the fieldDr. Jerome Grossman and Dr. Jason Hwang. Together, they examine arange of symptoms and offer proven solutions.YOU'LL DISCOVER HOW "Precision medicine" reduces costs and makes good on the promise of personalized care Disruptive business models improve quality, accessibility, and affordability by changing the way hospitals and doctors work Patient networks enable better treatment of chronic diseases Employers can change the roles they play in health care to compete effectively in the era of globalization Insurance and regulatory reforms stimulate disruption in health care

Author Biography

Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Christensen is also co-founder of Innosight, a management consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm; and Innosight Institute, a non-profit think tank. He is the author or coauthor of five books including the New York Times bestsellers The Innovator's Dilemma, The Innovator's Solution and most recently, Disrupting Class. He also.serves as a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of.Latter-day Saints.

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The late Jerome H. Grossman, M.D., was the Director of the Harvard/Kennedy School Health Care Delivery Policy Program. A nationally recognized health care policy expert and a pioneer in health informatics, his leadership spanned business and health care. He served as CEO of a major medical center, chaired the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and co-founded four successful companies.

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Jason Hwang, M.D., is an internal medicine physician and senior strategist for the Healthcare Practice at Innosight LLC, an innovation and strategy consulting firm. He also co-founded and serves as the Executive Director of Healthcare at Innosight Institute, a non-profit social innovation think tank. Previously, Dr. Hwang was a chief resident and clinical instructor at the University of California, Irvine. He received his M.D. from the University of Michigan and M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xv
The Role of Disruptive Technology and Business Model Innovation in Making Products and Services Affordable and Accessible	p. 1
The Technological Enablers of Disruption	p. 37
Disrupting the Hospital Business Model	p. 73
Disrupting the Business Model of the Physician's Practice	p. 111
Disruptive Solutions for the Care of Chronic Disease	p. 149
Integrating to Make It Happen	p. 183
Disrupting the Reimbursement System	p. 221
The Future of the Pharmaceutical Industry	p. 261
Future Directions for Medical Devices and Diagnostic Equipment	p. 311
The Future of Medical Education	p. 337
Regulatory Reform and the Disruption of Health Care	p. 369
Epilogue	p. 419
Index	p. 427
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