Adam C. Powell, technologist and Wharton Health Care Management & Economics Ph.D. Candidate, speaks on how healthcare information technology is currently affecting the lives of consumers, payers, and providers, and how it will likely do so over the course of the next five years. The talk features an overview of industry, as well as descriptions of many specific applications. As the 2009 stimulus bill has provided $19 billion for funding health IT initiatives, the role that health IT plays in our society has the potential for drastically increasing over the coming years.