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2017 PUMERANTZ LECTURE
Disruption is F uture health care professionals and educators, including students and faculty at
Western University of Health Sciences, should embrace disruptive innovation and
rapid technological advances to improve patient experiences, revamp the health
key to health care system and, ultimately, improve health across the country and around the world.
care future That was the advice offered by futurist, inventor, health care entrepreneur and author
Nicholas Webb during the ninth annual Philip Pumerantz Distinguished Lecture, held
Thursday, September 7, 2017 in the Health Education Center at WesternU. The
By Jeff Keating Pumerantz Lecture series is made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Sarkaria
family.
Speaking to an overflow crowd that filled more than 700 seats in two lecture halls, as
well as another smaller classroom, Webb – director of the University’s Center for
Innovation, which had its official launch the day prior – said the key to surviving and
“Dive in and actually thriving amidst changes in health care is understanding its ever-shifting environment,
make the commitment taking advantage of new technologies – or inventing them -- and positioning oneself
to be disruptive accordingly.
innovators and drive
this incredible change.” “… Incremental is out; disruption is in. Innovators are
not trying to improve health care – they’re trying to
destroy it.”
https://news.westernu.edu/webb-disruption-patient-experience-are-keys-to-health-cares-future/
“… As the government giveth, the government
taketh away. And what they’re going to take away is
our ability not to be monitored. If you want free
health care, you will be continuously monitored.”
From the Dean
One of the greatest experiences in the life of a clinician and educator is to have the opportunity to
develop and implement an educational plan at a university like WesternU. Interviewing and selecting
the members of the inaugural Class of 2013, following their educational progress, and being part of
their commencement was a gratifying experience. The icing on the cake is seeing those graduates, and
all of the College’s graduates, take on roles in health care institutions throughout the country.
– Lester J. Jones, DPM, MS Ed
Interim Dean, College of Podiatric Medicine 9
Disruption is F uture health care professionals and educators, including students and faculty at
Western University of Health Sciences, should embrace disruptive innovation and
rapid technological advances to improve patient experiences, revamp the health
key to health care system and, ultimately, improve health across the country and around the world.
care future That was the advice offered by futurist, inventor, health care entrepreneur and author
Nicholas Webb during the ninth annual Philip Pumerantz Distinguished Lecture, held
Thursday, September 7, 2017 in the Health Education Center at WesternU. The
By Jeff Keating Pumerantz Lecture series is made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Sarkaria
family.
Speaking to an overflow crowd that filled more than 700 seats in two lecture halls, as
well as another smaller classroom, Webb – director of the University’s Center for
Innovation, which had its official launch the day prior – said the key to surviving and
“Dive in and actually thriving amidst changes in health care is understanding its ever-shifting environment,
make the commitment taking advantage of new technologies – or inventing them -- and positioning oneself
to be disruptive accordingly.
innovators and drive
this incredible change.” “… Incremental is out; disruption is in. Innovators are
not trying to improve health care – they’re trying to
destroy it.”
https://news.westernu.edu/webb-disruption-patient-experience-are-keys-to-health-cares-future/
“… As the government giveth, the government
taketh away. And what they’re going to take away is
our ability not to be monitored. If you want free
health care, you will be continuously monitored.”
From the Dean
One of the greatest experiences in the life of a clinician and educator is to have the opportunity to
develop and implement an educational plan at a university like WesternU. Interviewing and selecting
the members of the inaugural Class of 2013, following their educational progress, and being part of
their commencement was a gratifying experience. The icing on the cake is seeing those graduates, and
all of the College’s graduates, take on roles in health care institutions throughout the country.
– Lester J. Jones, DPM, MS Ed
Interim Dean, College of Podiatric Medicine 9
