Healthcare IT News June 21, 2018
Susan Morse

Gawande described the new company as a long target rather than an instant solution to healthcare.

SAN DIEGO – Atul Gawande, MD, addressed a range of topics concerning the direction healthcare needs to move at America’s Health Insurance Plans Institute & Expo Thursday.

Gawande took the AHIP stage a day after Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced that he will take the helm at their venture, an independent entity free from profit-making incentives based in Boston.

It’s “the day after the venture was announced,” Gawande said. “It will take on greater significance. I’m delighted that’s true.”

Susan Denzer, CEO of the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation at AHIP, asked about his future plans.

“At this...

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