S4 E37: Providing Access to Abortion Care Through Technology—featuring Kiki Freedman

With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, inequities in access to reproductive, sexual health and abortion care have grown.How might telemedicine solve this problem?Kiki Freedman is CEO of Hey Jane, a digital health platform for women she cofounded while at Harvard Business School.Prior to business school, Kiki was an early employee at Uber, where she led the company’s Kenya launch and spearheaded strategy and expansion for Uber Eats in the Middle East and Africa.On this episode of HLTH Matters, Kiki joins host Dr. Gautam Gulati to explain her digital clinic addresses women’s most initial health needs.Kiki walks us through the reproductive and sexual health services Hey Jane offers, describing how patients are paired with a clinician and what the platform does to maintain their privacy and anonymity.Listen in for Kiki’s insight on working in a space that’s under attack and learn about her vision for achieving national protection for abortion access.Topics CoveredHow Kiki’s experience with scaling Uber translates to Hey JaneHey Jane’s role as a digital health clinic for women’s most intimate health needsHow COVID and the overturn of Roe v. Wade affected Kiki’s businessThe other women’s health services Hey Jane offers (beyond abortion care)Kiki’s insight on inequities in access to reproductive and sexual health careHow Hey Jane patients are paired with a clinician and support team What Hey Jane does to maintain patient privacy and anonymity How Hey Jane patients pay for services through insurance, nonprofit financial assistance and cash on a sliding scaleHow Kiki stays on top of legislation and forthcoming regulationsHow Hey Jane educates women about the telemedicine services it offersKiki’s vision around achieving national protection for abortion accessRecent approval of over-the-counter progestin-only birth controlConnect with Kiki FreedmanHey JaneHey Jane Health on TikTokConnect with Dr. Jessica Shepherd & Dr. Gautam GulatiHLTHDr. Shepherd on XDr. Shepherd on LinkedInDr. Gulati on XDr. Gulati on LinkedInResourcesNational Network of Abortion FundsWomen’s Health Protection Act