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n=1 explores the forces reshaping global society, business, and the U.S. healthcare system, through the perspectives of a physician health system CEO, a venture capital entrepreneur, and a renowned business advisor. The book highlights how healthcare leaders must challenge outdated norms and create cultures of inquiry to adapt to dramatic market shifts. As digitization and scientific innovation empower individuals, healthcare is rapidly transforming to meet the growing demand for personalized care.

Themes
Healthcare Transformation
The Power of Individuality
Cultures of Inquiry & Leadership
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  • Joseph R. Swedish, President and CEO, WellPoint

    "The authors deliver a well-reasoned and compelling analysis of how the new healthcare consumer is driving the evolution of the health care ecosystem. They put a finer point on the complexities that health plans and providers must contemplate as they transform to better serve an informed consumer."

  • Marna Borgstrom, President and CEO, Yale New Haven Health System

    "Global trends such as digitization and scientific discovery are accelerating the transformation of healthcare. The authors, who are well qualified to address these issues, have nicely described how leaders and trustees of healthcare organizations need to be aware of global trends and incorporate them in the strategy development process."

  • Gregory D. Wasson, President and CEO, Walgreens

    "The knowledgeable and insightful authors have outlined how global trends are driving change. They offer important suggestions for all healthcare leaders who are striving to advance patient health and well-being."

  • Dr. Giovanni Colella, Co-Founder and CEO, Castlight Health

    "Leaders of healthcare companies and newly minted entrepreneurs would do well to read and follow the suggestions found in this book."

  • Neal Patterson, Co-Founder and CEO, Cerner Corporation

    "The history has not been written yet on the impact of IT on healthcare. The digitization of the industry will be transformational, just as it has been with everything from music to books to banking. n=1 offers a compelling view into that entrepreneurial potential and frames the questions that organizations should ask to lead amid the disruption."

  • Hank Walker, Vice Chairman of the Board, St. Joseph Health, Orange, California and Board member, University of Arizona Health Network, Tucson, Arizona

    "Asking, and then answering, the "right question" is essential to the ultimate success of any organization. This seminal work is a must read for any Board member committed to asking the right questions and supporting their CEO and leadership team to navigate the challenges and opportunities of transformation in healthcare."

  • Karen Ignagni, President and CEO, America’s Health Insurance Plans

    "The authors discuss the factors transforming health care today and provide an important strategy construct for leaders across the health care ecosystem."

  • Dr. Denis Cortese, Emeritus President and CEO, Mayo Clinic, Healthcare Delivery & Policy Director, Arizona State University

    "I am a firm believer in n=1. The needs of the individual come first and if we keep the individual in our focus we can transform healthcare delivery, improve health of individuals and thereby improve the health of populations. In order to do so, integration and coordination of a health system is needed."

  • Dr. Robert Margolis, Co-Chairman of the Board, DaVita HealthCare Partners and CEO Emeritus of HealthCare Partners

    "n=1 highlights the challenges and opportunities facing American healthcare in the era of big data, engaged and knowledgeable consumers, much greater transparency and enormous pressures to control cost while improving quality and service. I highly recommend this book to healthcare leaders and policy makers in their quest for a better health outcome for all Americans."

  • Chris Dawe, Former White House and Senate Finance Committee Health Policy Advisor

    "In an age of rapid health care innovation, the private and public spheres must work in concert to ensure that health system change translates into real improvement for patients, providers and purchasers alike. Policymakers looking to stay on top of the innovation cycle and how it's impacting organizations on the front lines of our evolving health care system will find no better resource than n=1 and its intrepid authors."

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