Tuesday 13 October 2015

Bush to mention IT in his health plan

BUSH TO PUSH PRIVATE HIT LEADERSHIP: GOP presidential hopeful Jeb Bush will outline his health care ideas this morning at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. Some eHealth items are front and center in the plan, which centers on replacing the Affordable Care Act. In an outline distributed to the news media, Bush said he wants to “promote private sector leadership” of health IT adoption and enable better access to de-identified Medicare and Medicaid claims data. He also says he’d review regulatory barriers to health innovation as president. No details on any of these goals. Hopefully more meat will be added to the bone this morning. Bush, a cousin of athenahealth CEO Jon Bush, is the first Republican presidential candidate to mention eHealth issues in his health agenda. For the full article click here 



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