Health Information Exchanges: Minimizing Legal Risks and Liabilities
Protecting Patient Privacy and Security After Healthcare Reform and HITECH
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide guidance to counsel for healthcare providers on the legal risks involved with health information exchanges and outline the steps to minimize liability exposure.
Outline
- HIE and different models
- Role of HITECH and PPACA
- EHR
- HIOs, RHIOs
- PHRs
- DHHS proposed regulations
- Legal risks/concerns
- Privacy concerns
- Security
- HITECH reporting breach
- Reimbursement
- Regulatory barriers
- Cloud computing
- Strategies to mitigate risks
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What are the different HIE models developing across the country?
- What are the key risks posed by HIEs and electronic health records?
- What are the key strategies for healthcare providers to mitigate the risks of HIEs?
Faculty
Paul T. Smith
Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine
He advises clients in healthcare and other industries on corporate formation and governance, joint ventures, financing,... | Read More
He advises clients in healthcare and other industries on corporate formation and governance, joint ventures, financing, reimbursement and regulatory compliance. He also represents technology companies in transactional, financing and licensing matters, and data privacy and security.
CloseJames B. Wieland
Principal
Ober Kaler
Mr. Wieland has significant experience in counseling health care industry clients on all aspects of information... | Read More
Mr. Wieland has significant experience in counseling health care industry clients on all aspects of information privacy and security issues, including state laws and the HIPAA Privacy and Security rules. He helps clients negotiate the full range of health care technology contracts, including general software licenses, electronic medical records agreements, and data counter and data use agreements.
CloseRobin K. Vinson
Partner
Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan
He focuses his practice in the areas of Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Business and Healthcare Law and Complex... | Read More
He focuses his practice in the areas of Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Business and Healthcare Law and Complex Commercial Litigation. He has written numerous articles and manuscripts and speaks reguarly on various healthcare, and related electronically stored information and e-discovery topics.
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