The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution For Health Care (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
Perhaps it’s because I do strategy for a living, or perhaps it’s because I am a complete novice on healthcare, but I enjoyed Innovator’s Prescription better than any nonfiction book I’ve read in a very long time. Christensen and his colleagues do a superb job telling a complex story about a complex industry in a crisp and compelling way. Whether or not you agree with their predictions – and some of them you have no choice but to agree with, because less than a decade after publication, they’re happening – you can’t finish this book without a better understanding of the fundamental forces that make healthcare work (or fail). It is an impressive mix of general context, case studies and an overarching zeal for change. A must read if you care about the subject. Interesting and thought-provoking book. The authors provide a lot of great insights about the world of healthcare from the point of view of disruptive innovation. I don't share their optimism that high-deductible health plans will solve many of our problems (due to the fact that the people spending most of America's health care dollars will always exceed their deductible and thus face a zero price) but I do think their focus on integrated providers like Kaiser is appropriate. I was also quite delighted to find an implicit endorsement of the mandate found in the Massachusetts health reform and the PPACA.
What do You think about The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution For Health Care (2008)?
this is how to fix health care. let's make it happen. end of review.
—Kathy
An important book about the healthcare crisis in the U.S.
—mcneishkids
