Hot Legal Issues in EHR Contract Negotiation and Renegotiation

Tuesday, May 24, 2011, noon - 1:00 pm CT

The negotiation and renegotiation processes for electronic health record (EHR) system contracts are riddled with questions. Attend this Webinar to hear them discuss the key issues and trouble-spots in contracting with EHR vendors. This Webinar will focus on real-life examples of potentially problematic issues related to representations and warranties, particularly with respect to complying with meaningful use requirements; indemnification; limitation on liability and data breach; and privacy and security issues.

Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Understand how the "standard" provisions in EHR have rapidly evolved in recent months.
• Discover your potential liability for damages caused by your EHR vendor.
• Identify key issues to consider when negotiating and renegotiating vendor agreements.

Who should attend

Administrators, CEOs, CFOs, CIOs/IT staff, DoN/nursing staff, physician/providers, project managers, and others.

Speakers

John T. Soshnik is a partner in Lindquist & Vennum's health law practice group, representing health care professionals and businesses on a broad range of transactional and regulatory matters. John has experience regarding health care fraud and abuse and related regulatory and compliance issues; health care technology (including electronic health records, personal health records, telemedicine and video-health products); health information and financial data privacy and security; wellness and disease management products and programs; and the integration of health care benefits, technology and financial solutions.

Rhona Schmidt is a partner in Dorsey & Whitney's corporate group in Minneapolis and her practice focuses on technology licensing and commercial contracts. She advises on structuring, drafting and negotiating all forms of technology transactions. Her experience includes: software licenses, maintenance agreements, and all forms of services agreements; confidentiality and non-compete agreements; research and development arrangements and relationships; outsourcing agreements; warranties and indemnity agreements; distribution and sales representative agreements; and terms and conditions of purchase and sale.