In this health-care book, Lisa Marceau shows how the current system can't be fixed; it's already obsolete, and something new is already rising in its place.

Since the inception of the US health-care system in the 1940s, there have been numerous attempts at reform. Medical professionals and patients alike have considered new ways to revise the health structure to better serve the evolving US health-care population. Accelerated by the technological revolutions, we now stand at a time where the digital generations offer hope through profound change.

This heartfelt story brings hope for the future of medicine and the whole health journey by drawing a distinction between a dying system and something new that is already here.

Author Lisa Marceau draws on her decades of expertise and leadership in health research, her deeply personal experience with the health system, and her integral connection to the digital generations. Breaking the System is a guide for those who are ready to rethink how health works on an individual and collective scale and who want to contribute to creating something better.

In this health-care management book, readers will:

• Discover insights for health-care professionals who feel the fractures in the system and believe there's a better way
• Explore the work of innovators creating tools, technologies, and structures that meet people where they are
• Examine why the current health-care model, though still powerful, is ultimately unsustainable and in need of transformation

A valuable addition to the bookshelves of anyone who loves books for doctors or books about health care as well as fans of Patients Matter Most, Reframing Healthcare, and The Price We Pay, Breaking the System is also a great choice when considering gifts for health-care students and books for medical students.

As Lisa Marceau says, "The individual consumer is the most powerful disruptor in health care today because they're not just patients; they're caregivers, decision-makers, and everyday innovators driving change."

It's time to meet the challenge with excitement and dive into learning how you can be a part of the future of health care.

Lisa Marceau is a health-care innovator, researcher, and entrepreneur with twenty-five years of experience advancing clinical research, med tech, life sciences, and digital innovation. She is the founder of Alpha Millennial Health, a business advisory firm for entrepreneurs, and the CEO of Joyuus, a groundbreaking digital health platform that has secured multiple NIH SBIR awards and national accelerator support.

Lisa's career spans executive leadership roles at a nationally recognized clinical research organization and a Fortune 25 health insurer, where she also led major research programs, product innovation, and digital strategy. Her work bridges rigorous science with real-world application, from across the health-care spectrum. Recognized nationally as one of the 100 Women to KNOW in America, Lisa is a frequent lecturer, advisor, and advocate for transforming women's health through evidence-based technology and bold, equity-driven innovation.

For information about speaking and advisory services, visit alphamhealth.com.

"Breaking the System isn't just a book about innovation—it's a manifesto for restoring humanity to health care. Lisa Marceau exposes, with clarity and compassion, how a system built on good intentions lost its way, and how digital innovators are now reconnecting care to the people it's supposed to serve.As someone who believes real leadership starts with radical common sense and the courage to question what we've normalized, I found this book both bracing and hopeful. Marceau reminds us that disruption isn't about technology alone—it's about empathy, design, and moral imagination. She shows that the future of health care won't be led by institutions clinging to the past, but by those bold enough to build something better.This is a timely, important work—and a read for anyone who wants to learn about leading meaningful change in health care." — Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA, CEO of SCAN Group

"Lisa Marceau's book is a raw and tangible testament to where we have been and where we are going with the future of health care. From old, dusty wiring to interconnected synapses (that should be more predictive), she uncovers where the new technology, innovations, and care-delivery models are working today and where they are still woefully lacking. Marceau provides insights into why continuing to break the system is not only healthy but necessary to build a health-care system that can actually work. This is essential reading for anyone learning, working, operating, and innovating in health care today—or hoping to do so tomorrow." — Naseem Sayani, director of The Innovator's Circle, Women's Health Access Matters (WHAM)

"A trove of literature posits that our health-care system is failing. But in Breaking the System, veteran health-care innovator Lisa Marceau argues that instead of experiencing the nadir, we are seeing the birth of something new: a patient-centric, on-demand, transparent system where consumers are drivers of their own better care. A compelling read that provides a compelling vision." — Anna Zornosa Heymann, investor, advisor, and consultant to start-ups funded by the National Institutes of Health