How healthcare reform is helping the healthcare IT sector

Here’s one possibly unintended consequence of Obama’s Affordable Care Act: healthcare entrepreneurs and investors are smiling.

At a recent University City Science Center event, those in local healthcare IT spoke about the positive effects of healthcare reform on their industry, Newsworks reported.

From the story:

Andrew Khouri is an associate at Quaker Partners, a Philadelphia-based healthcare venture fund. He says the Affordable Care Act has brought major incentives for better systems.

“All of us are very aware, it’s in the news constantly, as to how much our healthcare system costs the federal government, it costs us as taxpayers,” Khouri said. “We need to do a better job of delivering that care more efficiently … and healthcare IT is a crucial part in addressing that challenge.”

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