The storied health tech startup Haven may have shuttered, but its famous former CEO, Atul Gawande, says the experience is still informing his current efforts to tackle Covid-19.
Gawande said his time at the health care initiative gave him the technological and operational know-how he needed to roll out mass testing and vaccination sites at locations including Fenway Park and Gillette Stadium.
Speaking on a Zoom conference Tuesday arranged by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, he said the biggest lessons involved understanding what it takes to build a mass health operation from scratch (partnerships and management skills are a big help) and knowing how to make that operation accessible (use a simple, clear website and make the physical process easy to navigate).
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