MedPage Today February 19, 2021
— Ex-CEO Gawande explains what went wrong for “model” healthcare venture
When they made their bold announcement in mid 2018, three corporate powerhouses — Berkshire Hathaway, Amazon, and JP Morgan Chase — were going to revolutionize the healthcare delivery system. They would lower costs and improve quality and overall outcomes for their 150,000 workers.
After all, they had author, innovator, and surgeon Atul Gawande, MD, at the helm. It would show the rest of the country and world how healthcare should work.
But less than three years later, the companies acknowledged the effort known as Haven would dissolve by the end of this month. Gawande had already stepped down as CEO in May 2020. What went wrong?
In an hour-long...
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