Hillary Clinton top pick for healthcare industry pros, survey finds
Survey also showed majority want Obamacare to stay, but say law needs changes.
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DataMotion Health has released the results of a survey it conducted during the 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, which took place last week in Las Vegas, that show Hillary Clinton as the clear frontrunner when it comes to health IT professionals, providers, executives and other industry personnel.
DataMotion Health, a provider of secure health information delivery solutions conducted a three question survey in which more than 200 conference attendees were asked about U.S. presidential candidate choices, aspects of the Affordable Care Act, including whether the law should live on.
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The first question asked was: "Which presidential candidate do you think would be the best choice for the healthcare industry?" Hillary Clinton came out as the clear leader amongst candidates in both parties with 37 percent of the vote. Clinton's votes more than doubled those of Bernie Sanders, who came in second with 17 percent. Trump trailed with 13 percent and Marco Rubio came in a lukewarm fourth place with 7 percent. Kasich and Cruz followed, both with 6 percent.
The second question posed, "Do you feel the Affordable Care Act increased organizational efficiency in healthcare?," yielded much closer results with 54 percent of those surveyed answering 'no' and 46 percent responding 'yes.'
When asked, '"What should the next Administration do with the Affordable Care Act?," an overwhelming 71 percent answered 'keep it,' but felt some changes do need to be made. 20 percent said 'repeal it' and 9 percent felt the law should be kept as is.
"Healthcare is always a hot political topic, and with legislation such as ObamaCare, it's become even more so during this campaign," said the CTO and Co-founder of DataMotion Health, Bob Janaceck. "Our goal with this survey was to provide insight from 'those in the trenches;' the pros with firsthand knowledge of the operational and cost aspects of healthcare, impact of policy and technical advancements, and familiarity with efforts to ensure the U.S. health system produces the best patient outcomes possible."
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