Reddit mentions of Healthcare Disrupted: Next Generation Business Models and Strategies

Hello!

A few of my family members use concierge medical practices, and it has been truly life changing for them. For example, my mom recently signed up for one. She has several chronic conditions, including a deadly peanut allergy. She came back from the appointment and said "Hmm! I guess I should get an Epipen. I've always carried around Benadryl , because I thought Benadryl and Epipens were the same thing." She's a brilliant lawyer, but no one had ever explained the difference between these two allergy treatments to her, so she didn't know. It isn't that she lacked the capacity to understand the difference, it's just that no doctor ever told her. Her doctor also found that 3 of her prescriptions had lapsed, and she just stopped taking them because "she felt okay." To me, this exemplifies the power of concierge medicine- doctors have the time to sit down and really dig through a patient's medical history, and work with them to fill in both medical and educational lapses. My mom said that she felt like a partner in her health care management, as opposed to a passive bystander. It's definitely worth looking into and I'm glad you're interested in it.

I couldn't find any books specifically for medical students, but I found a few books on Amazon that might be a good start (I haven't read any of them but they are highly (albeit limitedly) reviewed):

• https://www.amazon.com/Concierge-Medicine-System-Best-Healthcare/dp/1442207086
  
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Guide-Concierge-Medicine-Considering-ebook/dp/B00TM7A3AO
  
  Not specifically about concierge medicine, but books that offer perspectives on changing healthcare models:
  
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Patient-Will-See-You-Now/dp/0465054749/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0465054749&pd_rd_r=V9GJ7V4PYD6060BY00TW&pd_rd_w=1yzmg&pd_rd_wg=dsl8I&psc=1&refRID=V9GJ7V4PYD6060BY00TW
  
  
• https://www.amazon.com/The-Creative-Destruction-of-Medicine-How-the-Digital-Revolution-Will-Create-Better-Health-Care/dp/0465061834/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8
  
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Healthcare-Disrupted-Generation-Business-Strategies/dp/1119171881/ref=pd_sim_14_6?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1119171881&pd_rd_r=36ES9DJQGW5J8GM54JR2&pd_rd_w=mZaBC&pd_rd_wg=LKCW3&psc=1&refRID=36ES9DJQGW5J8GM54JR2
  
  Take care!