Discovery and Electronically Stored Data: Dream or Nightmare?
Track
:
Claims and Litigation
Program Code:
FR-15
Date:
Friday, October 23, 2009
Time:
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
EST
Location:
401-403
CO-PRESENTER
:
Sherrill Peters, BSN, ARM, CPHRM, FASHRM, Director of Clinical Risk Management, Community Health Systems
Sherrill Peters is the Director of Clinical Risk Management for Community Health Systems. She manages employment and professional liability claims and supports the clinical risk management programs of all CHS affiliated hospitals, physician practices, surgery centers and home health agencies.
Sherrill received her BSN at Evansville University and has earned several risk related honors including: Humana's Risk Manager of the Year (1991); Associate Risk Management from the Insurance Institute of America (1997); Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (2000); and Fellow of the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management (2001). Sherrill also served on the ASHRM Board 2003/2004.
PRESENTER
:
John Serpe, Partner, Serpe, Jones, Andrews, Callendar & Bell, PLLC
Mr. Serpe is a partner with Serpe, Jones, Andrews, Callendar & Bell, PLLC in Houston, Texas. He is an experienced trial lawyer specializing in medical malpractice and pharmaceutical defense, health care liability, health care advising, and health care law. He has tried over 30 medical malpractice cases to verdict and has successfully argued before the Texas Supreme Court. As a result of his experience, Mr. Serpe has written and lectured to numerous physicians, legal, and hospital groups on defense of medical malpractice cases. He serves on various committees at hospitals in the greater Houston area, assisting with the improvement
Description
What challenges and risks must be considered and efficiently managed by healthcare providers given the proliferation of electronically stored information, including electronic medical records, in the healthcare industry? The presentation sets forth the scope and future of electronically stored information, analyzes recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure relating to electronically stored information, describes legal authorities, and provides tools for developing a framework to address e-discovery.
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
identify the national time horizons that have been proposed to make all health records electronic.
identify the risks posed by e-discovery and the steps that can be taken to minimize such risks.
identify the scope of electronically stored information within the context of e-discovery.