Health Reform's Tech Angle

One of the least covered areas in the health care debate was the amount of technology that underlies the reforms, at least not in the mainstream media. But for the reforms to bring down costs as the Obama administration envisions, it's going to take a lot of applied technology.

Most reporting has focused on electronic health records, but other technologies will be required to make the law reality. As Nextgov's Bob Brewin reported on Tuesday, the day President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the federal government and states also will rely on Web sites and computer analyses to provide the public with applications they can use to "comparison shop" for insurance plans and manage their health better.

In the days ahead, Nextgov will be pulling out more provisions in the law that have a technology angle.