Electronic Health Records Webinar

Tremendous changes are occurring in the healthcare system that will affect health recordkeeping and administration. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 invests $19 billion in electronic health records (EHR). The goal is to help improve quality of care and reduce costs to the healthcare system. This informative webinar will explore some of the key legal issues of interest to members of the healthcare industry.

Discussion Topics:

EHR overview and introduction

• Overview and analysis of the new federal statute
• Implementation issues
• Funding and financial incentives

State activities relating to EHR Privacy and Security EHR in the real world 

• Implementing EHR in hospitals 
• Interface between EHR and patient safety quality initiatives
• EHR contracting and evolving technical standards
• Regulatory and compliance considerations

Please note that space is limited.

The webinar will be moderated by Healthcare Partner Shannon Hartsfield and the featured panelists are Healthcare Team Members Robert Bradner, Anne Murphy, Marc Reisler, and Larry Zanger.