Praise
2010 James A. Hamilton Book of the Year,
American College of Healthcare Executives
Top Ten Reading Selections for 2009, National Chamber Foundation
Top 30 Business Books of 2009, Soundview Executive Book Summaries
“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
“Every American who’s looking for the smartest ways to transform our health system should read The Innovator’s Prescription."
Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House and Founder, Center for Health Transformation
“A compelling framework for legislators, regulators, payers, providers, and society at-large to debate meaningful reform for our ailing health care system.”
David Snow, Chairman and CEO, Medco
"The Innovator's Prescription is a timely and insightful manifesto for a much-needed revolution in health care."
Steve Case, Co-Founder, former Chairman and CEO, America Online and Founder, Revolution LLC
“The Innovator’s Prescription offers a road map to the dramatic changes in health care delivery, costs, and policy we can expect in the next couple of years. Well worth the effort to read and study it.”
John W. Brown, Chairman, Stryker Corporation
“The Innovator’s Prescription sets out a reform map that calls for government, employers, providers, and patients to change their traditional ways, shaking the status quo to its very roots. For anyone seeking real change, this book should be on your list.”
John Iglehart, Founding Editor, Health Affairs and National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine
“The authors provide a very original analysis and a road map through the labyrinth of health care to better care at lower cost. Everyone seriously looking for that road must read this book.”
Dr. Alain Enthoven, Professor of Public and Private Management, emeritus, Stanford University
“Christensen’s new book draws lessons from a variety of industries to offer up a refreshing take on the importance – and feasibility – of re engineering delivery to reduce the cost of care.”
Dr. Mark D. Smith, President and CEO, California HealthCare Foundation
"This book does the best job of describing the current situation in health care I've ever read; it’s accessible, understandable, and thoughtful. I don't agree with all of Prof. Christensen's observations and recommendations, but his book will make anyone who cares about these issues think."
Charles D. Baker, President and CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
“Dr. Jerry Grossman’s penetrating approach to the resolution of complex societal problems impresses and amazes as always. Is it possible to make U.S. health care affordable? This Prescription may be a start.”
Cathy Minehan, Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital Board of Trustees
"The Innovator’s Prescription is the most important book I’ve read on health care in the last decade. I guarantee that anyone who studies this book carefully will think very differently about what we need to do to fix health care, and perhaps more importantly, who will need to do it."
Dr. Michael Dinneen, Director, Office of Strategy Management, U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System
“All health care decision makers need to read, understand, and act on The Innovator’s Prescription -- a practical yet visionary remedy for our health care system.”
Mara Aspinall, past President, Genzyme Genetics
“The Innovator’s Prescription does a brilliant job of mapping out how to fix the health care industry. Every employee in our company will have a copy – a compelling and powerful read!"
Chris Boyce, President and CEO, Virgin HealthMiles, Inc.
“Clayton Christensen and his colleagues have laid out an entirely new approach – this compelling book shows how Christensen’s insights about innovation can be applied to our health care challenges.”
Dr. William Roper, CEO, University of North Carolina Health Care System and Dean, UNC School of Medicine
“The Innovator’s Prescription is a must-read for all who truly care about fixing our health care system.”
Dr. Edward Miller, CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine and Dean, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
“Thought provoking, original, fascinating – and timely. New ideas and approaches to making our health care system more affordable, while dealing with the uninsured, will soon be a national imperative.”
Dr. Arthur H. Rubenstein, Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania Health System and Dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
“I have read hundreds of books on the health care crisis; The Innovator’s Prescription is the first that has identified the root causes AND offered logical solutions.”
Dr. Colleen Conway-Welch, Dean, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
“Provides both a very insightful framework for analysis of health care systems and highly creative options for addressing the current serious issues in health care, in the U.S. and internationally.”
Dr. Elizabeth G. Armstrong, Director, Harvard Macy Institute
Top Ten Reading Selections for 2009, National Chamber Foundation
Top 30 Business Books of 2009, Soundview Executive Book Summaries
“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
“Every American who’s looking for the smartest ways to transform our health system should read The Innovator’s Prescription."
Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House and Founder, Center for Health Transformation
“A compelling framework for legislators, regulators, payers, providers, and society at-large to debate meaningful reform for our ailing health care system.”
David Snow, Chairman and CEO, Medco
"The Innovator's Prescription is a timely and insightful manifesto for a much-needed revolution in health care."
Steve Case, Co-Founder, former Chairman and CEO, America Online and Founder, Revolution LLC
“The Innovator’s Prescription offers a road map to the dramatic changes in health care delivery, costs, and policy we can expect in the next couple of years. Well worth the effort to read and study it.”
John W. Brown, Chairman, Stryker Corporation
“The Innovator’s Prescription sets out a reform map that calls for government, employers, providers, and patients to change their traditional ways, shaking the status quo to its very roots. For anyone seeking real change, this book should be on your list.”
John Iglehart, Founding Editor, Health Affairs and National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine
“The authors provide a very original analysis and a road map through the labyrinth of health care to better care at lower cost. Everyone seriously looking for that road must read this book.”
Dr. Alain Enthoven, Professor of Public and Private Management, emeritus, Stanford University
“Christensen’s new book draws lessons from a variety of industries to offer up a refreshing take on the importance – and feasibility – of re engineering delivery to reduce the cost of care.”
Dr. Mark D. Smith, President and CEO, California HealthCare Foundation
"This book does the best job of describing the current situation in health care I've ever read; it’s accessible, understandable, and thoughtful. I don't agree with all of Prof. Christensen's observations and recommendations, but his book will make anyone who cares about these issues think."
Charles D. Baker, President and CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
“Dr. Jerry Grossman’s penetrating approach to the resolution of complex societal problems impresses and amazes as always. Is it possible to make U.S. health care affordable? This Prescription may be a start.”
Cathy Minehan, Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital Board of Trustees
"The Innovator’s Prescription is the most important book I’ve read on health care in the last decade. I guarantee that anyone who studies this book carefully will think very differently about what we need to do to fix health care, and perhaps more importantly, who will need to do it."
Dr. Michael Dinneen, Director, Office of Strategy Management, U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System
“All health care decision makers need to read, understand, and act on The Innovator’s Prescription -- a practical yet visionary remedy for our health care system.”
Mara Aspinall, past President, Genzyme Genetics
“The Innovator’s Prescription does a brilliant job of mapping out how to fix the health care industry. Every employee in our company will have a copy – a compelling and powerful read!"
Chris Boyce, President and CEO, Virgin HealthMiles, Inc.
“Clayton Christensen and his colleagues have laid out an entirely new approach – this compelling book shows how Christensen’s insights about innovation can be applied to our health care challenges.”
Dr. William Roper, CEO, University of North Carolina Health Care System and Dean, UNC School of Medicine
“The Innovator’s Prescription is a must-read for all who truly care about fixing our health care system.”
Dr. Edward Miller, CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine and Dean, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
“Thought provoking, original, fascinating – and timely. New ideas and approaches to making our health care system more affordable, while dealing with the uninsured, will soon be a national imperative.”
Dr. Arthur H. Rubenstein, Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania Health System and Dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
“I have read hundreds of books on the health care crisis; The Innovator’s Prescription is the first that has identified the root causes AND offered logical solutions.”
Dr. Colleen Conway-Welch, Dean, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
“Provides both a very insightful framework for analysis of health care systems and highly creative options for addressing the current serious issues in health care, in the U.S. and internationally.”
Dr. Elizabeth G. Armstrong, Director, Harvard Macy Institute
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