A book title recently came across my twitter stream called: The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
Of course, this makes me wonder if he knows anything about health care. Has anyone read this book? I’d love to hear some reviews about whether it’s worth my time to read it or not.
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Clay partnered with myself and another physician (the renowned Jerry Grossman) to ensure his theories from the business world were grounded in reality once applied to health care. I think the lack of input from health care circles has been a frequent, and sometimes valid, criticism of other books that attempt to bridge business and health. In our case, I think we made a concerted effort to validate our conclusions with all the various stakeholders involved.
Jason Hwang, M.D.
Nice background information Jason. Anyone else read the book yet that can provide a review?
I am about to read it – read his others – there is a online lecture from MIT that he gave by the same title. From the lecture he seems to have many good insights but – sorry Jason – he seemed to have a bias for institutional health and lacked insight into solutions for the majority of docs who work in places like a suburb of Fargo, North Dakota. From his own definitions I had trouble discerning whether he was suggesting true healthcare innovation or meaning a product improvement.