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Forbes Matt Herper’s profile of computing entrepreneur Neal ­Patterson, who became a billionaire thanks to the government’s backing of health information technology and stands to ­become even richer thanks to changes wrought by ObamaCare, sparked off a passionate discussion over the role of computers in medicine and whether Cerner and rival Epic, run by Judy Faulkner, another billionaire, were really delivering on their promises. “Wonderfully informative,” wrote serranoslim. “Fascinating that an Ayn Rand-style Republican gets the possibilities that health care reform, a.k.a. ObamaCare, can bring. Exactly the kinds of different perspectives that combine throughout the IT industry to open doors to innovation.”   Published: 2012-05-02