Jason Hwang Biography

Jason Hwang, M.D., M.B.A. is an internal medicine physician who co-authored The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care with Harvard Business School Professor Clayton M. Christensen and the late Jerome H. Grossman of Harvard Kennedy School of Government, which was named the American College of Healthcare Executives 2010 Book of the Year and received the 2011 Health Services Award. Hwang believes that disruptive innovation will fix healthcare, and that technology will play a key role in this change. Dr. Hwang, an internist turned entrepreneur, is living and leading the mission. He spent five years fueling the industry's discourse about how to change healthcare's business model as co-founder and chief medical officer of PolkaDoc, a California-based telehealth firm focused on delivering inexpensive primary care via smartphone. He previously co-founded and served as executive director of the Innosight Institute (now the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation), a non-profit innovation think tank committed to addressing the world's most serious social issues. Dr. Hwang, a sought-after speaker and writer, attracts audiences of all levels and backgrounds with his startling thoughts and solutions for generating fresh development via affordability and simplicity. He believes that disruptive innovation has the potential to meet unmet needs and change healthcare delivery. He claims that the healthcare system is continuing to decentralize, citing increases in outpatient treatment in ambulatory settings, the rapid development of retail clinics staffed by nurse practitioners, and advancements in telehealth and home monitoring as examples. Dr. Hwang also feels there is a potential to expand treatment beyond doctors and experts. Dr. Hwang was formerly the co-founder and chief medical officer of Icebreaker Health (also known as Lemonaid Health), a San Francisco-based next-generation telemedicine firm. He served as chief resident and clinical teacher at the University of California, Irvine, where he was recognized for his clinical work on several occasions. In addition, he has worked as a clinician for the Southern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Long Beach, California. Hwang earned his B.S., M.D., and M.B.A. from the University of Michigan, as well as his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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