WEBINAR SERIES | Digital Health: The New Dynamics

Health care and life sciences companies increasingly operate in a digital environment. McDermott Will & Emery is hosting a complimentary four-part webinar series to explore the practical business considerations and to simplify the regulatory complexity of digital health, including health information technology (IT), big data, mobile health and telehealth.

The series will address how digital health is transforming the following four foundational dynamics and the implications of this transformation for your business:

• Health IT: Collection, analysis and sharing of health information
• Big Data: Identification and pursuit of innovative products, services and business methods that facilitate patient access to care, improve quality of care and reduce costs
• Mobile Health: Role of the patient in his/her health care
• Telehealth: Doctor-patient relationship

WEBINAR ONE 
Health IT: Practical Considerations for the Acquisition and Implementation of Electronic Data Warehouses

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 
12:00 – 1:30 pm EST

To view the PowerPoint from the program, please click here.

To view the supplemental materials, please click here.

Electronic data warehouse and analytics (EDW) platforms are essential to the storage, processing and transmission of health care treatment and payment information for quality improvement, population health, clinical research and other big data analytics. This program will explore the key legal and practical considerations when selecting, acquiring and implementing EDW platforms, and the health IT systems (such as electronic health record and claim processing systems) that capture the data to be loaded into the data warehouse. The following questions, among others, will be addressed:

• Health IT Data Sources—What are the key provider and payer systems for capturing health
• EDW Platforms—What are the key considerations when selecting, acquiring and implementing an EDW platform for big data initiatives?
• Privacy and Security—What are the key privacy and security issues when selecting, contracting for and implementing an EDW platform?
• Outsourcing to the Cloud—Is it safe to outsource an EDW and its health information to the cloud?
• Off-Shore Data—What are the key considerations for an EDW utilizing off-shore components and partners?

SPEAKERS
Daniel F. Gottlieb, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Ed Macko, Chief Technology Officer and Director of Solutions for Healthcare & Life Sciences, IBM
Lee Marley, Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President, Presbyterian Healthcare Services

MODERATOR 
Bernadette M. Broccolo, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING WEBINARS!

• Big Data Part I: Data-Driven Life Sciences Innovation, Personalized Medicine and Research, December 9, 2014
• Big Data Part 2: Data-Driven Changes to Payment Models, January 13, 2015
• Mobile Health & Telehealth: Mobile and Telehealth Technology Create New Business Opportunities, February 10, 2015

About McDermott Will & Emery LLP 
McDermott Will & Emery LLP (McDermott) is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,100 lawyers, McDermott has have 18 offices around the world and a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai. McDermott has over 75 years of serving a broad range of client interests. With a more than 30-year history of serving the health care industry, McDermott also has one of the United States’ largest and most prestigious Health Industry Groups.

For more information, please contact McDermott Events.

CLE credit for the live presentation of this program is pending in the following states: California, Illinois and New York. A Uniform Certificate of Attendance will be made available to participants requesting CLE credit in all other states. Credit shall be awarded only for attendance of the entire webinar; no partial credit shall be awarded for attending a portion of the webinar. Please note that in accordance with applicable state MCLE rules regarding attendance validation, each attendee seeking credit must log in to the webinar individually. Credit will not be granted for multiple attendees using one log in. Please be advised that CLE credit will not be approved for on demand/recorded viewings of this program in the states listed above. Attendees seeking credit in other states should consult their state CLE accrediting agency to determine whether self-study credit can be earned for on demand/recorded viewing of this program.