Electronic Health Records and Patient Safety: Legal Challenges and Solutions
Friday, April 5th, 2019 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
The Law-Medicine Center Conference
$100.00 for Case Western Reserve Law Alumni
$200.00 for all other attorneys
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Event Description
Electronic health record (EHR) systems are now omnipresent in medical facilities. But have they meaningfully advanced patient safety? The conference, featuring legal and medical experts from around the country, will analyze EHR technology and the regulations that govern it. It will emphasize solutions to contemporary EHR challenges and develop detailed recommendations for regulatory, policy, and technological improvements.
The conference is a collaboration with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and is supported by Trustworthy EHR.
The conference offers 6 hours of CLE credit (pending approval) and 6 hours of CME credit (approved).
Accreditation
Physicians
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Legal Education Readings
- Fortune Mag article
- EHRs & Usability JAMA
- Inside Medical Liability Q2 2013 Brouillard_Drury_Gelzer
- Sharona article - Healing the Healers
- Sharona - E-Health
- EHRs and Patient Safety
- Sharona - Meaningful Use
Agenda
Time | Topic |
---|---|
8:30 am – 8:45 am | Welcome remarks |
8:45 am – 9:45 am |
Electronic Health Records and Emerging Technologies: Attributes, Benefits, and Shortcomings Dean Sittig, PhD, Professor, Center for Healthcare Quality & Safety, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston Nicolas Terry, LLM, Hall Render Professor of Law, Executive Director of the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis |
9:45 am – 10:45 am | Patient Safety
Darrell Ranum, JD, CPHRM Vice President, Patient Safety, NE Region, The Doctors Company Scott Lucas, PhD, PE, Director, Accident and Forensic Investigation at ECRI Institute |
10:45 am – 11:00 am | Break |
11:00 am – 12:00 pm |
EHR Certification and Other Regulations: What Exists and What is Missing? Rachel Nelson, JD, MHA, Branch Chief, Policy Analysis and Implementation, Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Ross Koppel, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania; Professor of Biomedical Informatics, the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo |
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm | Lunch |
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm |
EHRs and Litigation
Reed Gelzer, MD, MPH, EHR Data Quality Improvement and Records Risk Analyst for Trustworthy EHR, LLC Chad Brouillard, MA, JD, Attorney at Foster & Eldridge, LLP Thomas P. Wolski Jr., DO, FAAP, Pediatrician, Emergency Department, Akron Children’s Hospital, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northeast Ohio Medical University |
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm | Break |
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm |
EHRs and Physician Burnout
Sharona Hoffman, JD, LLM, SJD, Professor of Law & Bioethics, Co-Director of Law-Medicine Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law James Willig, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, Director, Research and Informatics Services Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine |
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Solutions
Leah Binder, MA, MGA, President & CEO, The Leapfrog Group Steve Steffensen, MD, Chief of Learning Health System, Clinical Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School With input from other panelists |
Event Location
Moot Courtroom (A59)
11075 East Blvd.
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Free and open to the public
Online registration available or register at the door
Academic Centers and Continuing Legal Education Programs
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216-368-1806