The healthcare organization founded by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase has announced its name and launched their website, www.havenhealthcare.com.
In recent months, Haven CEO Dr. Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, has been meeting with Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase employees to understand their healthcare experiences. He noted in a letter posted on the new website that Haven will be an “advocate for the patient and an ally to anyone – clinicians, industry leaders, innovators, policymakers and others – who make patient care and cost better.”
The website also outlines a number of areas to improve upon the current health system, including the difficulty people have accessing care, navigating the complex system, and affording their medical treatments and prescription drugs.
In January 2018, the three founding companies announced plans to create the independent organization, which they say is free from profit-making incentives and constraints. Dr. Gawande assumed the helm as CEO this past July and assembled a leadership team – including Jack Stoddard as COO, Serkan Kutan as CTO, Dana Safran as Head of Measurement, and others – to move the organization’s work forward.
“We want to change the way people experience healthcare so that it is simpler, better, and lower cost,” explained Gawande. “We’ll start small, learn from the experience of patients, and continue to expand to meet their needs.”
As Haven scales up its operations, the organization is focused on recruiting a range of talented individuals, including software engineers, data scientists, and clinicians to join its team. The company is headquartered in Boston and also has an office in New York.
