Chronic diseases are eating the health care system from the inside out, yet most of the technology progress we see in health care is about creating new connections within and among health care providers. General Electric, Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard and IBM are working to solve some of the biggest challenges in healthcare IT including system interoperability, integration and cost control. New alliances are being formed, like Care Innovations, a joint Intel Corporation and General Electric venture aimed at improving patient engagement, provider efficiency, and payer cost savings. All are intent on optimizing care via Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates, access to ACA financial incentives, as well as threats of future ACA penalties for failing to reach certain technology and patient outcome benchmarks. It’s a veritable healthcare IT arms race.

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