Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: CareJourney CEO and President Obama’s CTO Aneesh Chopra (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: The innovation engine of the country also applies to the middle layer, right? Aneesh Chopra: Now it will be. Earlier in the Obama administration, we launched an initiative called Startup America. You could imagine that you’re building Startup Global is to drive more entrepreneurs into the economy. As we know, startups have been

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