Before Disrupting Healthcare: What Innovators Need To Know

by Pallav Sharda

Healthcare is an industry unlike any other - it's a matter of life and death, and no field poses as much reward or as many challenges for tech entrepreneurs. "Before Disrupting Healthcare" is a must-read for anyone working on, or investing in, health information products. A Health IT veteran draws on a dozen years of real-world experience to bring you to the leading edge of health software innovation.

It combines an introduction of today's foundational ideas and products with a look into what emerging IT trends will rule the future.You'll learn why Electronic Health Records, Health Information Exchanges, Accountable Care Organizations, and Meaningful Use regulation matter so much today - and what will matter even more tomorrow. Outsiders can use this book to become insiders, and insiders can become experts.

Genres: Health Care, Health, Business

196 pages, Paperback

Published June 16, 2016

About the author

After finishing medical school in 2001, Pallav Sharda veered into a technology-focused career that enabled him to work at medical device companies, health insurers, hospital systems, and startups.

For over 12 years he worked with Electronic Health Records, Health Information Exchanges, Clinical Data Analytics, and Population Health Management technology products. He also taught Medical Informatics courses at Northwestern University.

Pallav received an MBA from Northwestern University, a Masters in Medical Informatics from Columbia University, and a Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from Delhi University, India. He currently lives in Menlo Park, California and continues to indulge in the Health IT entrepreneurship space. Read more about him at pallav.shardas.com.

Reviews

[Polina Kukhareva · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gave me a lot of useful insights into business aspects of health IT innovation. Thank you for writing this book!

[Pascal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely well written and researched, Pallav's book provides anyone thinking about working on a project in the space with an excellent overview of the landscape. His extensive clinical, academic, as well as industry experience is clearly evident in Before Disrupting Healthcare, and I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in a lucid, concise, and insightful introduction to health information technology in the U.S.

[Christopher Benassi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Commendable job. Wish there were more books like this. Tough. the middle of the book was a bit of a slog describing data layers for HCIT systems - and could have benefited from some visuals

[Mark Koester · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of information and well-researched. Useful read to understand context of innovation and startups in medical space (US specifically). Just not a very engaging narrative and completely lacking in personal stories.

[Anton Rasmussen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book, lots of detail. I listened to the audiobook but then decided to get the paperback as there is so much good reference material. The narrator was a bit robot sounding; but, the content more than makes up for it.