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The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
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The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care Hardcover - 2008 - 1st Edition

by Clayton M. Christensen

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Christensen, the celebrated Harvard professor and "New York Times"-bestselling author, tackles two of the nation's most vital global issues: health care and innovation.

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  • Title The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
  • Author Clayton M. Christensen
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 496
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McGraw-Hill Companies, US
  • Date 2008-12-04
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 31UE3400015U_ns
  • ISBN 9780071592086 / 0071592083
  • Weight 1.85 lbs (0.84 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.48 x 1.53 in (23.52 x 16.46 x 3.89 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Library of Congress subjects Health services administration, Public health administration
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008043957
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.1

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From the publisher

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

From the rear 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

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Citations

  • Choice, 08/01/2009, Page 0
  • Scitech Book News, 03/01/2009, Page 86

About the author

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.

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.

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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