The hiring of Jack Stoddard brings a veteran business mind into the effort to shake up the U.S. health care system by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase — an entrepreneur with a track record of using digital tools to change the way services are delivered to patients while saving money.
Stoddard, the Boston-based venture’s new chief operating officer, has worked in health care for 25 years, spending much of that time building companies focused on using data and technology to guide patients to the most appropriate and cost-effective care. Most recently, he led the reshaping of health benefits at Comcast Corp.
He doesn’t have the clinical experience and public profile of Dr. Atul Gawande, the surgeon and author named to run the new, and still-unnamed, entity for the three companies. Instead, people who have worked with Stoddard said he brings business know-how and a deep understanding of how technology can address friction points that often frustrate patients.
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