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Zus Health Accepted as a Candidate QHIN Under TEFCA
August 11, 2026 Zus Health has been accepted as a Candidate Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under TEFCA, marking a significant step toward enabling more direct access to nationwide health data exchange. The milestone builds on Zus’s commitment to making health data more connected, accessible, and actionable for the organizations delivering care.
Zus Health Achieves HITRUST r2 Certification, Demonstrating Commitment to Cybersecurity and Information Protection
August 11, 2026 Zus Health achieves HITRUST r2 Certification, reinforcing its commitment to protecting sensitive healthcare data and maintaining rigorous standards for security, privacy, and risk management. The milestone reflects Zus’s continued investment in building trusted infrastructure for healthcare data at scale.
The Three-Tiered Trust Strategy: A Twist on Standard Software Testing for Healthcare AI
July 20th, 2026 Marc Light, Director of AI & Innovation at Zus Health, explores why traditional software testing isn't enough for healthcare AI. He introduces a three-tiered trust strategy that combines development testing, regression testing, and continuous monitoring to help organizations build AI systems that are safe, reliable, and clinically trustworthy.
Reclaiming the Clinical Inbox: How Orchestration Layers Solve Alert Fatigue
May 23, 2026 Jonathan Bush, Founder & CEO of Zus Health, examines the growing problem of alert fatigue and why the future of healthcare depends on orchestration layers that filter, prioritize, and summarize clinical data into actionable insights.
Why ACOs are Shifting from Claims to Real-Time Network Data
May 22, 2026 In this article, Zus Health Medical Advisor John Torontow examines why leading ACOs are shifting from claims-based reporting to real-time network data—and how faster clinical visibility is becoming essential for value-based care success.
Find the Customer Choosing Between You and Death | Jonathan Bush on Goanna Capital Podcast
May 14, 2026 On this podcast episode, Founder & CEO Jonathan Bush shares the unlikely origin story of athenahealth, the strategy behind building healthcare infrastructure businesses, and how those lessons inform Zus Health’s vision for connected patient data.
Why Fragmented Data is Healthcare's Most Expensive Problem - Philip Wickline on Straight Outta Health IT
May 5, 2026 On Straight Out of Health IT, Zus Health Co-Founder & CTO Philip Wickline discusses the challenges of fragmented healthcare data and the importance of building a longitudinal, patient-centered record to support more proactive and coordinated care.
The Data Is Always Right — Even When We Don’t Like the Answer
April 22, 2026 John Torontow, Medical Advisor at Zus Health, examines the gap between clinical intuition and healthcare data—and why embracing, rather than dismissing, imperfect data is critical to improving outcomes.
Zus Health Wins the 2026 Interoperability & Integration Award
April 20, 2026 Zus Health was named the winner of the 2026 Interoperability & Integration Award by HealthTechNode, recognizing its work transforming fragmented patient data into unified, actionable clinical records that support more connected care workflows.
The Rise of AI Triage: Navigating Regulatory Challenges and Patient Care Workflows
February 10, 2026 Ada Glover, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, examines the emerging role of AI triage—highlighting the regulatory, interoperability, and workflow challenges that must be addressed to deliver better patient experiences.
Free Flow Health Tech Law & Policy: Jonathan Bush on Data Liquidity
February 2, 2026 In a podcast episode hosted by Dan Orenstein, Founder & CEO Jonathan Bush joins Free Flow Health Tech Law & Policy for a provocative conversation on data liquidity, interoperability, and the tools making health data more usable.
Patient Safety Is Not a Tradeoff: Why Healthcare Innovation Works Best When Trust Is Built into the Platform
January 23, 2026 Co-Founder & CTO Philip Wickline shares why patient safety shouldn’t be treated as a tradeoff in healthcare innovation—it’s what makes scalable transformation possible. He argues that when privacy, compliance, and reliability are built directly into the platform, teams can move faster with confidence and deliver safer, more impactful care.
Kill the Clipboard: What It Will Take to Bring Usable Data to Patient Care
January 14, 2026 Philip Wickline, Co-Founder & CTO, makes the case for killing the clipboard—and rebuilding healthcare around a shared, patient-centered data ecosystem.
The Big Unlock: Fixing Healthcare’s “Blind Men and the Elephant” Data Problem
January, 12, 2026 In this podcast episode, CEO Jonathan Bush lays out a bold vision for the next phase of healthcare—one where interoperability becomes true infrastructure. Drawing on decades of experience, Bush explains why EHR adoption isn’t enough, how fragmented data creates “blind men and the elephant” views of patients, and how Zus is building an always-on, longitudinal patient record to power value-based care.
This Just In Radio: HLTH25 with Rowland Illing, MD and Jonathan Bush
December 15, 2025 On this episode, Justin records live at HLTH25 in Las Vegas. This week on the final HLTH25 episode, Justin talks to Rowland Illing, MD, Global Chief Medical Officer and Director at Healthcare and Life Sciences at Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Jonathan Bush, Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Zus Health.
Common patient records can help make value-based care work | Viewpoint
December 15, 2025 In this article, CEO Jonathan Bush makes the case that a common patient record is essential to making value-based care work. He explains how fragmented, delayed data fuels clinician burnout, unnecessary costs, and missed care opportunities — and argues that giving care teams a real-time, shared view of the patient is the operational shift needed to improve outcomes, reduce waste, and restore time for meaningful care.
Data Defensiveness Is Killing Value-Based Care Before it Starts
November 21, 2025 In this guest article, CEO Jonathan Bush explains how data defensiveness is undermining value-based care before it begins. Despite federal mandates, providers and payers still lock away critical patient information, leaving care teams in the dark. Bush argues that breaking these habits — and embracing true data stewardship — is essential to delivering the connected, high-quality care patients deserve.
Forbes: Uber, Zocdoc, And The Art Of Innovation Within Healthcare’s Regulatory Limits
November 5, 2025 Forbes highlights CEO Jonathan Bush’s take on how outdated regulations are holding healthcare innovation back. As Bush puts it, “Kickbacks exist in almost all supply chains, except for healthcare.” His perspective underscores Zus Health’s mission to modernize the system by enabling secure, incentive-aligned data sharing.
Redesigning Healthcare: How Accessible Data Leads to Better Care
October 12, 2025 In this op-ed, Jonathan Bush argues that value-based care won’t become reality until providers and payers gain true access to usable patient data. He calls out today’s fragmented EHR silos as not just inefficient but harmful—and shows how data sharing, empowered patients, and new models can unlock better outcomes and lower costs.
LinkedIn Top Startups 2025: The 10 companies on the rise in Boston
October 29, 2025 Zus Health was ranked #8 on LinkedIn’s 2025 Top Startups list in Boston, a reflection of our growing momentum in bringing information speed to healthcare. We’re building the infrastructure that turns better data into better care—and helps every team focus on what matters most: the patient.
The Top 25 Healthcare Software Companies of 2025
September 25, 2025 Zus Health was named one of The Top 25 Healthcare Software Companies of 2025 by The Healthcare Technology Report. This recognition highlights our mission to bring information speed to healthcare by creating one sharable patient record that gives every care team the same clear view.
The Top 25 Digital Health Executives of 2025
September 11, 2025 Jonathan Bush, CEO of Zus Health, is named as one of the Top 25 Digital Health Executives by the Healthcare Technology Report. His vision—making healthcare data accessible, meaningful, and usable—continues to drive real progress in improving care and reducing inefficiency.
Op-ed: Burn it down and build it new—a surprisingly realistic way to fix healthcare
September 5, 2025 Jonathan Bush, CEO of Zus Health, makes the case for burning down today’s broken healthcare infrastructure and rebuilding it on shared data rails in this Fierce Healthcare op-ed. With his trademark candor, he argues that interoperability and fresh approaches to data exchange aren’t just possible--they’re the only way forward.
Endpoint Health Tech: Checking in with Zus Health
April 1, 2025 Zus Health is tackling fragmentation in healthcare with a unified, real-time health record, helping doctors get a complete view of their patients' care journey. With innovative tools like a 'Domino’s pizza tracker' for referrals, they’re striving to close the communication gap that often hinders quality and efficiency in care. Read more about their vision and progress in this latest conversation with CEO Jonathan Bush.
Unfinished Business: The Best Startup Advice You’ll Ever Hear (And Why You’ll Probably Ignore It) with Jonathan Bush
March 26, 2025 Jonathan Bush, Founder and CEO of Zus Health, joins the Unfinished Business podcast for a candid conversation with hosts Alex Schinasi and Lee Rotenberg. He shares unfiltered insights on what it really takes to build (and rebuild) in the startup world—covering everything from when to push through versus when to quit, to hiring the right team early on. A must-listen for founders, operators, and anyone navigating the chaos of building something from nothing.
Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 of 2025
March 3, 2025 Zus Health is named to Fierce Healthcare’s Fierce 15 of 2025, recognized for reimagining how healthcare works. Our always-on, unified patient record helps care teams close gaps, improve outcomes, and reduce administrative burden.
The Health Care Blog: Jonathan Bush, Zus Health
February 5, 2025 Jonathan Bush, CEO of Zus Health, talks about his journey from taking Athenahealth public in 2007 to building a clinical data integration company at Zus Health. In this 20-minute chat with Matthew Holt, they dive into digital health, value-based care, and the future of healthcare innovation.
Why healthcare needs more rule breakers with Jonathan Bush, CEO of Zus Health
January 22, 2025 Catch Jonathan Bush, CEO of Zus Health, on Turpentine’s Second Opinion podcast, diving into why healthcare needs more rule breakers. “We need people who are willing to be very lonely and afraid for a very long time, but stick with it,” said Jonathan. Don’t miss his bold take on how transformative ideas come from the outliers—this conversation just might change your perspective and inspire you to drive innovation in healthcare.
The Digital Health Evolution: Current Investment Landscape & What’s Next
January 15, 2025 How is digital health evolving in 2025? At JPM 2025, our founder & CEO Jonathan Bush joined industry leaders to discuss the shift from rapid decentralization back to a more connected, flexible healthcare ecosystem—one that truly integrates digital tools with provider workflows. Watch the full panel, hosted by Goodwin, to explore what’s next for digital health investment and innovation.
JPM25 Day 3: Why 2025 will be a hot year for M&A; Talkspace rolls out new AI-powered tool for therapists
January 15, 2025 Great few days at JPM 2025, with Day 3 highlights shared by Fierce Healthcare. "I think it's gonna be a shakedown year," said health tech veteran Jonathan Bush, CEO and founder of Zus Health and co-founder and former CEO of athenahealth. Don't miss this glimpse into why healthcare leaders, like Jonathan, think 2025 will be a hot year for M&A.
Anti-Predictions For Healthcare In 2025: What Won’t Change, And A Case For Optimism
December 17, 2024 Healthcare change may be slow, but that’s not all bad news. Seth Joseph’s Forbes piece highlights trends unlikely to shift by 2025, like GLP-1 drug access and interoperability hurdles, while underscoring the growing financial incentives driving progress. As Zus Health CEO Jonathan Bush says, "Once the genie gets out of the bottle, he is very hard to squeeze back in." The momentum toward data liberation is clear—and it’s reshaping healthcare for the better.
Why the US healthcare system is in urgent need of digital health solutions
November 11, 2024 This article explores how Zus Health is revolutionizing the healthcare system by streamlining data sharing and empowering better care coordination. Through the Zus Aggregated Profile (ZAP), the platform delivers actionable insights that help prevent hospitalizations and improve patient outcomes. By tackling the inefficiencies and high costs of healthcare, Jonathan Bush continues to champion a vision of more accessible and affordable care through innovative, data-driven solutions.
Jonathan Bush on Zus Health, Athena Health, and How to Fix Health Care | At Barron's
October 17, 2024 In this conversation, Jonathan Bush shares the vision behind Zus Health: creating a single, always-on source of truth in healthcare data. Jonathan explores how Zus is building the infrastructure to make healthcare more connected, accessible, and patient-centered. He also delves into why the healthcare system is broken, pointing to a lack of a demand curve that stifles cost-efficiency and innovation, and how we can work together to drive positive change.
Raising Health Regulation as a Catalyst with Jonathan Bush and Chris Severn
June 25, 2024 In the podcast with Jonathan Bush and Chris Severn, the discussion focuses on how regulation can act as a catalyst for innovation in healthcare. They explore how thoughtful regulation can encourage technological advancements, improve patient care, and enhance interoperability among systems, while also addressing the balance between oversight and the flexibility needed for new solutions to emerge.