On September 12th, we’ll be discussing the crucial tools that allow new ways of capturing, storing, and sharing health information, with the potential of ultimately helping to re-organize healthcare.  We’ll be joined by Matthew Douglass from Practice Fusion and Susan Moon from Kaiser Permanente. Here are some background readings to get you going:

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/blog/google-ceo-eyes-national-ehr-database

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/06/is-one-company-about-to-lock-up-the-electronic-medical-records-market/258473/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/zinamoukheiber/2012/04/18/epic-systems-tough-billionaire/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2012/04/18/obamacare-billionaire-what-one-entrepreneurs-rise-says-about-the-future-of-medicine/

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1203102

http://online.wsj.com/articles/apples-next-big-focus-your-health-1409959072 [article moved behind paywall, so please use the following newer alternative]:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2014/09/10/apple-watch-is-cool-its-different-and-for-healthcare-its-disappointing/