Disruptive technology for curing disease
The term precision medicine is exploding in popularity (and unfortunately ambiguity) in the healthcare community. But, at its simplest, precision medicine is the effective cure […]
The term precision medicine is exploding in popularity (and unfortunately ambiguity) in the healthcare community. But, at its simplest, precision medicine is the effective cure […]
Jan 28, 2016
Elizabeth Lorenzana, a research intern at the Clayton Christensen Institute and undergraduate student at Bryn Mawr College, contributed to the primary research for this article. […]
Jan 26, 2016
In some ways, healthcare is a simple concept: prevent us from getting sick, and help us heal from diseases. So it’s understandable that most of […]
Jan 21, 2016
For established companies, it’s a warning; for entrants, opportunity. But the most remarkable thing about disruptive innovation isn’t the tune it sings to individual players […]
Nov 20, 2015
In discussing disruptive innovations in health care, we generally focus our attention on the new enabling technologies or the new business models. While the technology […]
Nov 5, 2015
Consider this: You’re a patient with the symptoms of early stage coronary heart disease (CHD). You visit your doctor for a checkup and, staring at the […]
Sept 9, 2015
Chronic diseases pose a huge problem to the US healthcare system. 90% of Americans over 65 have at least one chronic disease; nearly 80% have […]
July 9, 2015
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 verdict in favor of the defendant in the much publicized case, King v. Burrill. The ruling […]
June 26, 2015
“Secret deaths.” “Babies as sacrificial lambs.” Tuesday’s CNN report detailed a high error rate for pediatric cardiac surgery at Tenet-owned St. Mary’s Medical Center in West […]
June 4, 2015
Health care’s inefficiency and potential for disruption have telemedicine and other tech startups stampeding for the new gold rush. The easiest way to get attention […]
May 28, 2015