Tel: 603-289-0007
vg@dartmouth.edu
VG personally handles all inquiries. The best way to reach him is his email address. Only as a backup, use VG’s cell phone: 603-289-0007.
Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO, Mount Sinai Health System, New York City--
"A provocative volume of ideas that could facilitate a needed transformation of our health-care delivery system."
Robert Pearl, MD, professor, Stanford University School of Medicine; author, Mistreated: Why We Think We're Getting Good Health Care--and Why We're Usually Wrong--
". . . a must-read for both health-care leaders and policy experts."
Donald M. Berwick, MD, President Emeritus, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; former Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services--
"If American health-care leaders—clinicians, executives, board members, policy makers, and others—do not take this astounding book seriously, shame on them. Herein lie badly needed, thoroughly disruptive solutions to our health-care mess. Herein are pathways to better care, better health, and costs we can afford—all at once!"
Mary Ackenhusen, President and CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health, Canada--
"This book offers inspirational and practical insights on how to significantly improve the accessibility of heath care in the face of ever-increasing demand. This will be required reading for my leadership team."
Judd A. Gregg, former US Senator--
“Reverse Innovation in Health Care is a book that should be part of any consideration of how we improve America’s health-care system to benefit our people. Understanding how other nations approach health care is essential when looking at ways to reach a stronger and better system here. This book gives us a great deal to think about and learn from.”
Tawfig Al Rabiah, Minister of Health, Saudi Arabia--
"Reverse Innovation in Health Care is a great and well-rounded approach to tackling many of the current health-care issues by learning from nations that have implemented true value-based heath care."
John Cochran, MD, former Executive Director, Kaiser Permanente Federation--
"This book is timely and very important for American physicians, health-care executives, and legislators to read and understand. Healthcare is not underfunded in this country, and many of these case studies are very portable."
Toby Cosgrove, MD, former President and CEO, Cleveland Clinic--
“The ideas in Reverse Innovation in Health Care could save American health care billions of dollars. Vijay Govindarajan and Ravi Ramamurti have identified a rich new source of cost-saving medical innovation that deserves our most serious attention."
Jeff Immelt, former Chairman and CEO, General Electric; Chairman--
“Reverse Innovation in Health Care delivers and important message for health-care reform: focus on delivery cost. Vijay and Ravi show examples form near and far that bend the cost curve without sacrificing quality. These innovations should be embraced and scaled as essential pieces of a rejuvenated US health-care system.”
Rajit Mehta, Managing Director and CEO, Max Healthcare, India--
“Compliments to Vijay and Ravi for having the courage to write on a very emotional and sensitive topic. The ten reverse innovation lessons need to be deliberated upon earnestly so that millions of people who don’t have access to quality health care can benefit!”
Robert Peal, MD, professor, Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Graduate School of Business--
“Both powerful and insightful, Reverse Innovation in Health Care exposes what is wrong with the American health-care system. Through vivid examples, the authors show us that our nation’s biggest challenge and greatest opportunity is transforming the delivery system. To improve medical care, achieve superior outcomes, and lower costs, we must learn from the success of others around the globe. This book is a great place to begin and a must-read for both health-care leaders and policy experts.”
John Lynch, former President and CEO, Knoll, Inc.; former Governor of New Hampshire--
“At a time when the US health-care system is bankrupt, Govindarajan and Ramamurti offer concrete and pragmatic suggestions as to how we can improve quality and reduce costs. Their ideas, if adopted, will transform health care in America. A must-read for anyone who wants to make a real difference in this critical industry.”
Robert S. Kaplan, Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus, Harvard Business School--
“Reverse Innovation in Health Care definitely delivers on its mission to show how to make value-based health care work. The several compelling case studies from India and the United States clearly demonstrate how innovative health-care institutions deliver superior outcomes for patients at lower costs to them and society.”
Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH, John E. Wennberg Distinguished Professor, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth--
“This book offers inspiration on what is possible as well as badly needed guidance on how to achieve radical gains in health-system performance.”
Ellen Zane, CEO Emeritus and Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Tufts Medical Center--
“Given today’s imperative to implement new and more efficient ways to provide quality health-care services in the United States, we must all open our minds to the initiatives highlighted in this book. Rethinking how we deploy care begins with efforts similar to those outlined here.”
Steven Kadish, former Chief of Staff to Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker--
“A thoughtful book that appropriately pushes and challenges current boundaries and practices.”
Raj Garg, MD, JD, President and CEO, Cancer Treatment Centers of America--
“As we confront the ongoing and ever-growing need to control health-care costs, Govindarajan and Ramamurti raise intriguing concepts and examples in Reverse Innovation in Health Care from which we can learn and deliver value-oriented care.”