Episode 014 - Patient-Owned and Aligned Healthcare Platforms with Dr. Jen Horonjeff

In this episode, Jahed and Martin talked with Jen Horonjeff, the Founder and CEO of Savvy Cooperative. Jen has a truly interesting background, having worked in academia after completing a doctorate in Environmental Medicine, subsequently working as a consumer representative with the Food and Drug Administration in the USA, and even as a scout for an early stage venture fund. Dr. Horonjeff took her experience as a life-long autoimmune disease patient and cancer survivor and channeled it into building Savvy, a cooperative owned and governed by its patient members. In this episode we get into the details of life as an entrepreneur and the challenges of starting and growing a multi-stakeholder digital platform. Hope you enjoy this episode.

Here are the show notes:

• Healthcare co-op Savvy snags venture funding from Indie.vc | TechCrunch
• Cooperative Commons Manifesto
• Savvy patients help Amazon train Alexa to respond to those with speech impairment
• Savvy Cooperative helps Boehringer Ingelheim become more patient-centric, starting with inclusivity