Healthcare is a giant industry – growing ever faster with the aging of the population – that relies on information technology in so many ways.

A huge amount of patient care information is gathered in medical offices, labs, hospital, and other facilities. Health insurance coverage adds more effort to record keeping requirements, and can often create complex interactions between providers and insurers.

New technologies in web based cloud services, mobile devices, and analytics are creating new opportunities to evolve healthcare. This includes new internet connected devices that monitor symptoms in real-time, while eliminating duplicates of information. There are many opportunities to apply technology to healthcare delivery, but its implementation needs to deal with the realities of regulations, privacy issues, security, and methods of care that change at a pace far slower than computing technologies.