Health Alert: Atul Gawande named to head cost-cutting health-care initiative from Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase

The renowned surgeon and best-selling author will lead a major new health-care company aimed at reducing health-care costs, a joint venture by Amazon, JP Morgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway. The new company was unveiled in January, with a mission to use technology tools to make health care more transparent, affordable and simple for the companies' more than 1 million employees. "I have devoted my public health career to building scalable solutions for better healthcare delivery that are saving lives, reducing suffering, and eliminating wasteful spending both in the US and across the world," Gawande, a Harvard physician and writer for The New Yorker magazine, said in a statement.

Democracy Dies in Darkness     Health Alert Jun 20, 10:13 AM     Atul Gawande named to head cost-cutting health-care initiative from Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase The renowned surgeon and best-selling author will lead a major new health-care company aimed at reducing health-care costs, a joint venture by Amazon, JP Morgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway. The new company was unveiled in January, with a mission to use technology tools to make health care more transparent, affordable and simple for the companies' more than 1 million employees. "I have devoted my public health career to building scalable solutions for better healthcare delivery that are saving lives, reducing suffering, and eliminating wasteful spending both in the US and across the world," Gawande, a Harvard physician and writer for The New Yorker magazine, said in a statement. Read more » Advertisement You received this email because you signed up for news alerts from The Washington Post. Manage my newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Help ©2018 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071