During his administration, President Bush called on the nation’s healthcare providers to switch to electronic records and created the ONC to help facilitate health IT adoption. Other health-related accomplishments include expanding prescription drug benefits to 40 million Medicare beneficiaries and launching global HIV/AIDS and malaria initiatives.
His talk will reflect on his time in office, the challenges the country is currently facing and his vision for continued improvement.
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