April 27, 2009
9:00-10:00am PDT
Professor Clayton M. Christensen
Save the date for a discussion with Professor Clay Christensen on hisnew book, "The Innovator’sPrescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care"

The process of making products and services more affordable and accessiblebegins when historically expensive expertise is commoditized. This has happenedin every industry we have studied, and healthcare is no different. Inhealthcare, this process is heavily dependent upon the ability to make aprecise diagnosis, which is driven by molecular and imaging diagnostics. Thesetechnologies need to be coupled with business model innovation.

One reason why healthcare is so expensive, and quality of care so inconsistent,is that today’s hospitals and physician practices are actually a conflated setof business models.  In this session, we’ll explain these problems andrecommend solutions.

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