The e-health explosion : an analysis of legal and market trends -- E-health industry overview -- Health information technology -- Privacy, PHRs, and social media -- Privacy issues in U.S. health care -- The European data privacy regime -- Information security and security breach notification under HIPAA and HITECH -- Enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 -- E-health liability -- FDA regulation of e-health technology and services -- Obligations in response to a health care data security breach -- Due diligence in e-health transactions -- Contracts in the digital age : adapting to changing times -- Evaluating antitrust concerns in the electronic marketplace -- The intersection of health law and intellectual property law -- Allocation and mitigation of liability -- Discovery and admission of electronic information as evidence -- Legal ethics and e-health.
Summary:
"This is an era of tremendous change in the health care industry and health law practitioners must keep up with the rising tide of regulations for health care entities, the liabilities associated with the increased reliance on electronic patient records, and shifting federal and state enforcement priorities and initiatives. This treatise from the ABA Health Law Section, first published in 2002, has been revised and expanded to not only cover the e-health business side of the equation, but also put a new focus on privacy and security concerns that come with advances in health information technology. The book was renamed [E-health, privacy, and security law] to reflect the expansion of coverage"--Provided by publisher.
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