Jonathan Bush

Founder and CEO, Zus Health

Industry: Health Data Infrastructure
Based in: United States
Company funding: $80M raised
Region: North America

Longtime health IT founder who previously built a large practice management company.

Building shared patient record infrastructure for digital health builders.

Jonathan Bush is a healthcare technology entrepreneur who co-founded Athenahealth and led it for more than two decades as it became a major public company. In 2021 he launched Zus Health to build a shared health data platform that reduces friction across the healthcare system.

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The journey

How Jonathan Bush got here, step by step.

1990s
Wesleyan University and Harvard
Bush earned his bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University and later an MBA from Harvard Business School.
1997
Co-founded Athenahealth
Bush co-founded Athenahealth, which grew into a major publicly traded healthcare technology company.
2007
Athenahealth goes public
The company completed its initial public offering, becoming one of the best known names in health software.
1997 to 2018
Led Athenahealth as chief executive
He served as chief executive for more than twenty years, building its records, billing and network business.
2021
Launched Zus Health
Bush unveiled Zus Health with 34 million dollars in equity financing to build a shared patient data platform.
2022 to 2025
Grew the shared record platform
Zus Health signed up digital health builders who use its shared record to see a fuller picture of each patient.