The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care (BUSINESS BOOKS) - Hardcover

Christensen, Clayton M.; Grossman, Jerome H.; Hwang M.D., Jason

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071592083 ISBN 13: 9780071592086

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2009

Synopsis

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. Christensen―whose bestselling The Innovator’s Dilemma revolutionized the business world―presents The 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 field―Dr. 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

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Review:

Christensen and his co-authors (both doctors)...explain how various aspects of the health care system...can be effectively disrupted to produce more cost-effective and accessible healthcare.
--Business Strategy Reivew, March 2011

From the Back Cover:

MEET THE CURE TO AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE ILLS

"Clayton Christensen has done it again, writing yet another book full of valuable insights. The Innovator's Prescription might just mark the beginning of a new era in health care."
Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, New York City

"Clear, entertaining, and provocative, The Innovator's Prescription should be read by anyone who cares about improving the health and health care of all."
Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

"Comprehensive in its vision, astute in its diagnosis, and clear in its guidance, The Innovator's Prescription offers strong medicine for a health care system that is far from well."
Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine

"A wealth of insights--with new ideas and revelations in every chapter. Read it, and you will be armed with solid ideas for making health care better."
George Halvorson, Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

"The Innovator's Prescription is a well researched, clearly organized road map to a sustainable health care system."
Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services

"The Innovator's Prescription is an important and timely contribution to the national debate on health system reform. We would do well to consider it carefully."
Tom Daschle, former Senate Majority Leader and Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

"Clayton Christensen has helped many businesses--including our own--find new growth opportunities through deeper insights into the future of health and the health care system. I can think of no one better equipped to lead this comprehensive global assessment."
Bill Weldon, Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson

Clayton M. Christensen's bestselling books are:

"REQUIRED READING."BusinessWeek

"ABSORBING."The New York Times

"THOUGHTFUL."Fortune

"BRILLIANT."Michael R. Bloomberg

"VISIONARY."Publishers Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0071592083
• ISBN 13: 9780071592086
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496