Atul Gawande News

Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan Health Care Venture Gets a Name: Haven

The Boston-based health care organization founded by giant employers Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced its name – Haven – and launched a new website at www.havenhealthcare.com. Haven will serve the 1.2 million employees and families affiliated with Amazon, …

Surgery, Not Pharma, Is Biggest Healthcare Cost Worry: Gawande

Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon who was named this week to head the company being formed by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase to trim employee healthcare costs, on Thursday cited surgery as the single biggest U.S. healthcare cost and …

Harvard’s Gawande Chosen to Lead Berkshire-Amazon-JPMorgan Health Initiative

Atul Gawande, a surgeon and journalist who has written extensively about the U.S. failure to grapple with rising healthcare spending, has been named to head a new health venture for Amazon.com Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. …