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Founder @Maine4keeps/ CEO and founder @zushealthHQ / Co-founder of @athenahealth / Father of 7 / Seeks humanity in healthcare & the Maine Dream
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Maine’de Bush Soyadlı Aday: Dışarıdanım
Bush ailesinin siyasi arenadaki 40 yılı aşkın serüveni, 2023’te Teksas eski Kara Bakanı George P. Bush’un görevden ayrılmasıyla sona ermiş gibi görünüyordu. Ancak Maine valiliği için yarışan Jonathan Bush, bu geleneği yeniden canlandırmayı hedefliyor. Eski Başkan George H.W. Bush’un yeğeni ve eski Başkan George W. Bush’un kuzeni olan Jonathan Bush, Salı günü yapılacak ön seçimlerde kalabalık Cumhuriyetçi adaylar arasından sıyrılarak eyaleti sonbahar seçimlerinde kritik bir konuma taşımaya çalışıyor.
Spatial single cell transcriptomic analysis informs tumor developmental hierarchy of DICER1 syndrome related sarcoma
Abstract DICER1-related tumor predisposition (DRTP), also known as DICER1 syndrome, encompasses a spectrum of malignancies mainly in children and young adults. Most are sarcomas, exhibiting histological and molecular similarities regardless of their anatomical origins, and only express the RNase IIIb domain-defective DICER1.
The seven best non-toxic cooking pans in the US, tested in a food lab
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“In chemistry and health contexts, a material is considered toxic [to people] if it can cause damage to organs or increase the risk of disease,” she said. Nonstick coatings are typically fine on their own, but they can release chemicals at high heat. Some of those are Pfas, PFOA, BPA and PTFE, otherwise known as “forever chemicals” that have been linked to health problems.
By Rachel Sherman Verified, Faustina Boakye, Thea Bertneski, Dorothea West, Jonathan Bush, Cricket Lowell, Jonathan Deutsch Verified
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The seven best non-toxic cooking pans in the US, tested in a food lab
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Sat, 21 February 2026 at 5:15 pm UTC At the Drexel Food Lab, we tried 13 non-toxic pans to learn which cook the best, testing for protein sear, heating rate, egg stickiness and heat retention.Photograph: Courtesy of: Smithey; Lodge Cast Iron; Caraway; Our Place So-called non-toxic pans are often under a microscope. If you go down an internet rabbit hole about “toxic cookware,” you’ll find scary phrases about heavy metals, chemical coatings and something called polymer flume fever.
By Rachel Sherman Verified, Faustina Boakye, Thea Bertneski, Dorothea West, Jonathan Bush, Cricket Lowell, Jonathan Deutsch Verified
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Eosinophilic Esophagitis: real-life outcomes over 10 years in a Canadian pediatric centre
Introduction Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic esophageal condition characterized by inflammation and caused by an antigen-mediated eosinophil response. EoE has only been well followed since the 1990s, with pediatric incidence and investigation of EoE increasing (1). The shortcoming of many EoE studies has been treatment efficacy in controlled settings for short time periods, but not effectiveness.
Redesigning Healthcare: How Accessible Data Leads to Better Care
The U.S. has a lower life expectancy and higher rate of premature death than any other wealthy country. This is despite the fact that we spend nearly twice as much per capita on healthcare. Exorbitant costs and disappointing outcomes are signs that our healthcare system needs to change. Our current fee-based system is a framework for misaligned incentives that prioritize profit over patient care. Value-based care promises to right the wrongs of fee-based healthcare.
Cutaneous Ciliated Cyst of the Ear
1 Introduction Cutaneous ciliated cysts are rare benign lesions first described by Hess in 1890 [1], then named by Farmer in 1978 [2]. Initially observed exclusively in the lower extremities of young females, there have been case reports of cutaneous ciliated cysts occurring in males and females, in varying anatomical locations, including scalp, thumb, and gluteal cleft [3-5].
Modern Primary Healthcare Relocates to a Growing Medical Hub to Strengthen Continuity of Care
Modern Primary Healthcare Relocates to a Growing Medical Hub to Strengthen Continuity of Care Modern Primary Healthcare Moves to Humble, TX Modern Primary Healthcare Modern Primary Healthcare’s move to a premier medical hub strengthens access to nearby hospitals and specialists. HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES, September 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Modern Primary Healthcare announced it is relocating its Atascocita clinic to 18980 W.
Op-ed: Burn it down and build it new—a surprisingly realistic way to fix healthcare
Healthcare is the only industry where we tolerate sky-high prices, ancient technology and endless waiting … and then call it compassion. We say it's either a human right or a business. Truth is, it's both. Healthcare is an essential service. Because we value it as a safety net, we tolerate costs and inefficiencies that would bankrupt any other industry. But our tolerance has gone too far, and we've let regulation crush the thing that drives low pricing and innovation: competition.
Dollar Tree Review: Extremely poor customer services
On11/13/2024 at approx. 630pm I was at the local dollar tree in Niagara Falls New York purchasing some snacks for my grandchildren. While I was standing on line, the cashier (African American female, possible in late 50s with glasses) appeared to be very upset about an incident that took place that I was not involved in or aware of. There were items on the cashier belt that were not minds. As she was yelling, I was standing on line and kindly stated to her that those item were not mine.
Lack of SMARCB1 expression characterizes a subset of human and murine peripheral T-cell lymphomas - Nature Communications
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Abstract Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (PTCL-NOS) is a heterogeneous group of malignancies with poor outcome. Here, we identify a subgroup, PTCL-NOSSMARCB1-, which is characterized by the lack of the SMARCB1 protein and occurs more frequently in young patients. Human and murine PTCL-NOSSMARCB1- show similar DNA methylation profiles, with hypermethylation of T-cell-related genes and hypomethylation of genes involved in myeloid development.
By Anja Fischer, Thomas Albert, Mathis Richter, Sebastian T. Balbach, Susanne Bens, Carolin Göbel, Daniel Münter, Alexander Chan, Ahmet Dogan, Jonathan Bush, Wolfgang Hartmann, Martin Dugas, Sarah Sandmann, Julian Varghese, Ulrich Schüller, Alexandar Tzankov, Francesco A. D’Amore, Karin Mellgren, Udo Kontny, Birgit Burkhardt, Oliver Soehnlein, Wolfram Klapper, Laurence de Leval
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The year is dead, long live the year
2022 was a superlative year in the don't get bored and zone out department. Who thought Ukraine would kick Russia's ass? Who thought the Donald would deflate? Who thought seemingly insatiable mania about digital health ventures could generate such a deafening sucking sound so quickly? These are all wonderful things...depending on your point of view about the future of course.
Most Genome Data Comes from White Folks. Scientists Are Trying to Fix That.
Precision medicine, which aims to tailor medicine to each individual for better outcomes, is fueled by genomic data. Unfortunately, there’s a problem with the fuel. For the past couple of decades, genomic databases have been filled with information gathered from people of European descent — and precious little from other ancestries. That means white people have gotten the earliest benefits of precision medicine, while everyone else has to wait for genomic databases to catch up.
We Need to Change the Abortion Rights Narrative
Looking at abortion as solely a women’s rights issue has not served women well. It’s time to build a louder narrative around the larger economic issues, our country’s place in the world order, and overpopulation. Typically I don’t overshare, but it’s time we all speak up. Eons ago, when I was a college student I had an abortion. I loved my partner very deeply but knew that I was not yet ready to raise myself, never mind a family.
Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Plants Caught in the Crossfire of War With Russia
It took less than a minute after an unexpected power surge for one of the nuclear reactors at Chornobyl (Chernobyl in the Russian spelling) to explode on April 26, 1986, ripping the roof off and spewing dangerous chemicals into the air. The event, and emergency cleanup that followed, left 30 workers dead, thousands exposed to cancer-causing nuclear material, and a legacy of radiation. Now, 36 years later and with war raging, Ukraine is desperate to prevent another nuclear disaster.
Globalization Isn’t Dead in Software Engineering
Jamie Dimon, Larry Fink and the many others proclaiming the death of globalization haven’t been in Zus Health’s ‘virtual’ engineering room. And it’s not just us – the age of cross border engineering teams and talent has never been more vibrant. Aside from being cool and smart, engineers from outside the U.S. are often humble and lower key with zero sensationalism. At the same time, they are firm in their beliefs and savvy enough with English and U.S. culture (usually) to argue points.
Application of the Eosinophilic Esophagitis Histology Scoring System Grade Scores in Patients at British Columbia Children’s Hospital
• None , , , , , Value of an additional review for eosinophil quantification in esophageal biopsies . J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. ;61(1): – . doi: . • None , , , , Distinguishing eosinophilic esophagitis in pediatric patients: clinical, endoscopic, and histologic features of an emerging disorder . J Clin Gastroenterol. ;41(3): – . doi: . • None , , , , , , , , , , et al. Eosinophilic esophagitis in adults is associated with IgG4 and not mediated by IgE . Gastroenterology. ;147(3): – . doi: .
The Evolution and Death of the Electronic Medical Record
This may sound odd coming from someone like me who has long worked in healthcare technology, and especially as the literal co-founder of an EMR company, but in the same way that we saw paper patient records heading toward extinction decades back, the EMR as we know it is beginning to wobble. It’s like an aging boxer in round 13 taking on a younger, faster opponent. The word EMR is a noun, a static thing.
Platform Do’s and Dont’s (from a former platform failure)
I saw that Truveta raised 200 million. Commure did 500. I don’t know about Graphite, but my sense is that they are pretty well funded too. Healthcare has needed a platform company for years and pursuit of that goal is a noble one. The level of basic work duplication we all experience every day in healthcare is tragi-comic to a Shakespearean level.
From boat show to prom night
Your standard HIMSS exhibit I think I’ve been to HIMSS roughly a thousand times. It was almost comical to walk into that giant convention center and see the booths two and three stories tall, like giant ships at a boatshow. Esteemed patrons would climb up gilded, spiraling stairwells for bottled water and espresso shots, while, down on the floor, consultants and competitor employees were shooed away by stiff-smiled booth attendants.
Building Digital Health's Github
Today’s episode is all about the history and future of infusing tech into healthcare with the goals of improving outcomes and lowering costs, and features one of the leading voices in this field, Jonathan Bush. Jonathan, aka JB, started his career in healthcare as an ambulance driver and army medic, and then met Todd Park, another Bio Eats World guest, while at Booz Allen.
Why Zus
I was retired as CEO. Happily so — lots of kids, a great marriage and freedom from responsibility. The first company I co-founded didn’t do everything I had envisioned, but it did a lot and made a positive impact for those who used it. More importantly, it provided the best job in the world — emotionally, spiritually, intellectually and even financially — for twenty two years. I honestly felt like I had nothing to prove anymore.
Business Leaders Must Do Their Part to Make Sure Americans Vote This Election
When one of us was volunteering for George H.W. Bush’s primary campaign late in 1987, he learned an uncomfortable truth. “GB,” as we called him, was my uncle. We were in the process of phoning voters and determining who to prioritize and call. Those we called “GB1s” were committed to my uncle, so we were told we should not waste our time calling them – they were already sold. “GB2s” were leaning toward my uncle, so we should call them.
Stop Spending Billions on Closed EHR Systems
Stop Spending Billions on Closed EHR Systems by Jonathan Bush, President & CEO I recently read Paul Levy’s blog post comparing large hospitals’ current loyalty to Epic with Stockholm syndrome and I don’t think of Epic as out of line at all for doing what it does: requiring its clients to buy all of its stuff at once, requiring that they install the Epic way, requiring that they take all upgrades and on the Epic schedule, etc.
Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush Steps Down Following Reports of Inappropriate Behavior
Jonathan Bush, the outspoken CEO of health care IT and analytics firm Athenahealth, is stepping down from his perch as chief executive effective immediately, the company announced in a statement Wednesday. Bush’s resignation comes in the midst of an unsolicited takeover bid by Paul Singer’s activist hedge fund Elliott Management—as well as reports from Bloomberg and others of alleged inappropriate behavior by Bush in the past.
Jonathan Bush Resigns from Athenahealth: The Blunt Truth
Jonathan Bush stepped down today as president and CEO of athenahealth, the cloud-based healthcare data company he founded in 1997, amid pressure from an outside investor, Elliott Management, to take the company private or explore a sale. Elliott, the activist hedge fund run by Paul Singer, has offered $160 a share for the company, or just under $6.5 billion. My colleague Sy Mukherjee has the story here.
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Corporate Record-Keeping and Compliance, or "Do I Really Need to Hold a Shareholders' Meeting If I Am the Only Shareholder?" | JD Supra
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What Health Care Can Learn from Whole Foods and Apple
A few weeks back, I shared my thoughts on why the incentive system in health care is broken, and ranted about the ridiculous amount of profit being created by some health systems (yes, including non-profits) that’s in opposition to what patients need and deserve. It’s not that I think profit is bad, quite the contrary. Profit is good, very good, unless it’s created in opposition to the market you’re serving which, in this case, happens to be patients. So, what’s the crux of the problem?
How AI Is Taking the Scut Work Out of Health Care
The greatest opportunity for artificial intelligence in health care in the near term may come not from headline-grabbing moonshots but from putting computers and algorithms to work on the most mundane drudgery possible. Excessive paperwork and red-tape is the sewage of modern medicine. An estimated 14% of wasted health care spending — $91 billion — is the result of inefficient administration .
Legal Advisor Newsletter - First Quarter 2018 | JD Supra
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Say It Out Loud: We Need Open Healthcare
Last week, James Hereford, president and CEO of Fairview Health Services, said that their longtime HIT vendor is “one of the biggest impediments to innovation in healthcare,” then called for an “innovative platform” to bring together all the “bright, amazing entrepreneurs.” We’ve all seen what monopolizing strangleholds can do to industries – lock customers in, keep competition out, stifle innovation, jam prices up. And I’ve pushed, in healthcare, for us to collectively break the mold.
If I Were 22
Someone recently visited me at athenahealth's Watertown, Massachusetts offices and after spending a few hours meeting with folks and soaking up the vibe said, "it's like you're running a billion dollar start-up." I can't tell you how happy that made me feel. I wake up in cold sweats most nights fearing the opposite - that success and scale could, like a thief in the night, rob me and athenahealth of our edge.
Injecting Innovation into Healthcare (and the Cloud)
Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of rubbing elbows with new (and old) entrepreneurial talent in the health IT world at the annual More Disruption Please (MDP) conference. Every year, I look forward to this event and "all the feels" it gives me - the drive of innovators to fix what's broken, their dedication to finding simple and efficient solutions for healthcare's problems, the sense that we're on the cusp of something amazing.
What Healthcare Must Learn from Hurricane Harvey
Joining many others from our industry and across the nation, I am sending my thoughts and well-wishes down to Houston and the surrounding areas. Hurricane Harvey has presented not only a humanitarian crisis but a healthcare emergency.
Book Review: 'Where Does It Hurt?' by Jonathan Bush
Enter Jonathan Bush, dyslexic entrepreneur, nephew of 41, cousin of 43. From his initial encounter with health care, as a 21-year-old ambulance driver in pre-Katrina New Orleans, Mr. Bush has seen both dysfunction and...
Cultivating the Good in American Healthcare
"I distrust the belief that healthcare is all about the bad guys," he responded. Too often, we get caught up with the bad guys of healthcare, the challenges that we've been working day and night to overcome. You know the ones-lack of connectivity between care settings, restrictive federal regulations, over-prescribing, unnecessary operations, lack of insight into price, the list goes on.
Calling All Innovators to Healthcare's Tangled Underbellies
Throughout this past month, about 1.8 million students graduated with their four-year degrees as the class of 2017. Many are currently flooding the job market, shopping around with newly minted resumes and fresh skill sets. If any of these excited and energetic young minds are reading, here's what you need to know: It's a hell of a time to get into healthcare! I started with driving ambulances in New Orleans.
Calling All Innovators to Healthcare’s Tangled Underbellies
Throughout this past month, about 1.8 million students graduated with their four-year degrees as the class of 2017. Many are currently flooding the job market, shopping around with newly minted resumes and fresh skill sets. If any of these excited and energetic young minds are reading, here’s what you need to know: It’s a hell of a time to get into healthcare! I started with driving ambulances in New Orleans.
As Patients Take On More Costs, Will Providers Shoulder The Burden?
Despite the uncertainty about the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and any replacement, in the coming years, more Americans will almost surely find themselves in health plans with considerable patient cost sharing at the point of service (for example, high deductibles, copayments, or co-insurance). The trend toward more limited plans has been a reality for more than a decade. For example, the average deductible has grown from $818 in 2006 to $2,069 in 2015.
What Would You Do With More Time?
Yet again, summer is quickly coming to a close - Labor Day has passed, we've sworn off white pants for the winter, and our last-ditch, windows-down drives to the shore are now in the rearview. As we head into one of the most hectic times of the year, it's time to laser-focus our efforts on the work at hand.
For National Doctors Day, let's do more than say 'thanks'
The following is a guest post from athenahealth's CEO, President Jonathan Bush. Today, awkwardly wedged between Manatee Appreciation Day and National Tater Day, is National Doctors Day. In a tradition stretching back to the 1930s, people send cards to their doctors expressing thanks for their hard work and contributions to the health of families and communities. It was my uncle, President George H.W. Bush, who proclaimed this day of commemoration back in 1991.
Do what high-performing physician networks do: Make more money
Who doesn't want to make more money? Those on the forefront of health IT have an unparalleled opportunity to do well by doing good. It's the opportunity to introduce the latest innovations that fix the ever-persistent, budget-draining, patient-endangering inefficiencies in healthcare, while capturing new markets and making a ton of money for themselves – and their provider clients. Surely, a win-win.
Jonathan Bush: Time for a health IT arms race
New technologies in consumer markets (travel, shopping, social/networking with friends, etc…) are continually drawing in people, creating new demand curves, while healthcare – with its faxes, beepers, legacy system software – remains comfortably and obstinately entrenched in its frozen time bubble. In short, we haven't seen any 'break all the laws' bids in healthcare – like what Uber did with ride sharing or Amazon for shopping. That said, I'm an optimist.
Donald Trump: Jonathan Bush Has a Tweet For You on Inauguration Day
As the 45th President and his team take office, I, like millions of Americans, have many questions about how Donald Trump’s initial phase of “repealing and replacing” Obamacare will pan out. Will the new approach ensure coverage for those who became insured through the Affordable Care Act? Can market forces be effectively engaged to improve care and access, all while reducing costs?
"Ask and Ye Shall Receive"
It makes you pause, doesn’t it? If someone approached you—say, someone internal, an employee of your company—and the first words they said to you consisted of, “Can I ask you a question?,” how would you respond? Say yes, and some strange version of authoritarian permission has been bestowed. Or imagine saying no, and watching whatever conversation may have been produced wither away. This is the question I get asked most often, and it drives me nuts.
Bringing the Power of Platforms to Health Care
Last month one of us (Jonathan) gave a talk at Stanford to a hall full of healthcare entrepreneurs.
Why this campaign represents healthcare's greatest opportunity yet
This is a guest post from Jonathan Bush, CEO & president at athenahealth. No matter who wins today, this election represents the single greatest opportunity for us as a people, bar none. Why? Because the next President, regardless who takes the helm, will struggle to claim a true popular mandate. Translation: Very little will get done. Polls show us more than half of registered voters dislike Clinton and Trump. In fact, never before have two competing candidates incited such ire.
Electronic health records 'inflict enormous pain' on doctors
Electronic health records slow doctors down and distract them from meaningful face time caring for patients. That is the sad but unsurprising finding of a time and motion study published in Tuesday’s Annals of Internal Medicine. A team of researchers determined that physicians are spending almost half of their time in the office on electronic health records (EHRs) and desk work and just 27 percent on face time with patients — which is what the vast majority of doctors went into medicine to do.
How America’s Next President Could Improve Health care – Fortune Insiders
As a member of the Bush family, I’ve campaigned, politicked, and supported elections since my earliest years. But I cannot remember the last time Americans were so divided on the issues, yet united in being fed up. The nation is ready for change. Not the run-of-the-mill change that comes any time administrations turn over, but deep, fundamental change. From energy to education, Americans are demanding policy that reflects their day-to-day reality.
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