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The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care | 
| Authors: Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman M.d., Jason Hwang M.d.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Pages: 496
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1.6
ISBN: 0071592083
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.1
EAN: 9780071592086
ASIN: 0071592083
Publication Date: December 4, 2008
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pbA groundbreaking prescription for health care reform--from a legendary. leader in innovation . . ./b/p. . pOur 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./p. . pWe need a cure, and we need it now./p. . pHarvard Business School#xFFFD;s Clayton M. Christensen#xFFFD;whose bestselling iThe Innovator#xFFFD;s Dilemma/i revolutionized the business world#xFFFD;presents iThe Innovator#xFFFD;s Prescription/i, a comprehensive analysis of the strategies that will improve. health care and make it affordable./p. . pChristensen applies the principles of disruptive innovation to the broken health care system with two pioneers in the field#xFFFD;Dr. Jerome Grossman and Dr. Jason Hwang. Together, they examine a. range of symptoms and offer proven solutions./p. pYOU#xFFFD;LL DISCOVER HOWul. li#xFFFD;Precision medicine#xFFFD; reduces costs and makes good on the promise of personalized care. liDisruptive business models improve quality, accessibility, and affordability by changing the way hospitals and doctors work. liPatient networks enable better treatment of chronic diseases. liEmployers can change the roles they play in health care to compete effectively in the era of globalization. liInsurance and regulatory reforms stimulate disruption in health care
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Every voting adult should read this book. January 2, 2009
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The Innovator's Prescription. A disruptive solution to healthcare Clayton M. Christensen, Grossman Hwang. 2008. ISBN 9780071592086. Ten years in the making, this is another very useful analysis by the Christensen team. I quickly found seven immediate money making ideas for the tech industry in healthcare in this book. As ever, the book is clear and well written, with fascinating footnotes in every chapter (almost a book within the book) . The author(s) are no fans of govt all in one funded ( ie Canada-style) healthcare - but they have an equal dislike of the present US model.br /br /He echoes one of the results of the Rocket Builders - NRC Healthcare opportunities study - which was that opportunities lie in the interstitials between silos and layers o f the US and Canada system. He extends it further by illustrating the fundamental and repairable structural flaws in the present systems. The disruptive opportunities he shows up are very near, real and often just waiting for th erigth group to sieze onto them.br /br /As ever he points out how to start with a less than ideal solution for the unserved market - which is easier in the US vs Canada, where we have a poor but working solution - we then require a dramatically better solution for disruption. He also suggests that a democracy is not the tool to effect change, unless the change is so subtle, few notice. For every change proposed in a democracy, someone will lose from the status quo, and they have lots of political levers to pull to keep things the same. He also repeats that it is impossible to effect the change from within- reminding us that IBM was the only company to survive multiple disruptions, each time through first creating a distinct stand alone division , outside of the corporate culture.br /br /Doctors will cry out No! when reading the section on commoditization of health care services - but if they look around they will see that it is happening . Using Christensen's view, hospitals should finally be able to decide what type of business they are in (He IDs three distinct types) and then they will be able to carve ot the metrics to help them change to a sustainable model.br /br /A very good book for all of us. Its our money.
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