In our home state, California, technological innovation is a way of life. And where better to apply that ingenuity than in the reinvention of America's health care system?

On a macro level, if we apply the lessons of Silicon Valley, building in rewards to innovation, we will succeed. On a micro level, we have to embrace technology to help contain costs.

At Catholic Healthcare West, for instance, we work with MobileMD to securely deliver patient records to doctors at the precise location and time the information is needed, resulting not only in enhanced care, but reduced costs.

As the reform discussions inside the Beltway proceed, the 53,000 people of CHW stand ready to help create the technology-enhanced health care system of the future.