Technology, data and consumerism have shaken up nearly every sector of the healthcare industry, from patients to providers to health insurers to pharmaceutical companies. Digital Health innovators looking to harness emerging technologies face ever-increasing legal gray areas that require future-looking solutions.
At the forefront of the transforming Digital Health landscape, McDermott works with emerging and established organizations to make sense of it all and develop creative solutions to the transactional, regulatory and compliance obstacles that can slow adoption and growth.
Almost overnight, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has reshaped healthcare delivery, forcing a rapid and unprecedented pivot toward virtual care. But what comes next? How does virtual care become a permanent—even a predominant part—of healthcare delivery?
Our five-part “Around the Corner” webinar series addresses the future of telehealth, digital delivery of healthcare services, data-readiness post-pandemic and more. Catch up with our conversations with digital health industry leaders to learn how they have quickly adapted in the COVID-19 world and their plans for anticipating future shifts
Telehealth adoption rates exploded due the COVID-19 pandemic as the federal government knocked down long-standing obstacles to adoption and healthcare providers leveraged the solution to care for patients outside the office. The post-Coronavirus (COVID-19) landscape is unclear, but regulators have signaled that many of the changes made during the emergency period will become permanent. This likely means momentum will continue.
Download our After the Curve report for McDermott's insights on the future of digital care.
Throughout the past year, the healthcare and life science industries experienced a proliferation of digital health innovation that challenged traditional notions of healthcare delivery and payment, as well as product research, development and commercialization, for long-standing and new stakeholders alike.
McDermott is pleased to bring you this review of key developments that shaped digital health in 2019 and set the groundwork for trends in 2020.
OF DIGITAL INTEREST PODCAST
Preparing for 21st Century Cures Act and Information Blocking: Open Notes, APIs and More | Listen Now
There have been a number of recent developments surrounding the 21st Century Cures Act and information blocking rules that have the potential to greatly impact open notes sharing and regulations in healthcare.
With compliance dates recently pushed back to April 2021, this episode of the Of Digital Interest podcast features McDermott Health Law partners James Cannatti and Scott Weinstein, Chartis Group principal Chelsea Wyatt and associate principal Claudia Miller, and McDermott’s Chief Marketing Officer Leslie Tullio as they discuss healthcare data accessibility and other key issues healthcare providers should keep in mind to comply with new regulations, including:
> Scenarios in which a request for open notes might occur and key exceptions to a required response
> Guidance for providers regarding clinical notes accessibility for patients
> Compliance options for handling active requests from various input portals
> Who holds ultimate ownership for ensuring that open notes are shared when requested
> Healthcare goals with the implementation of APIs
> The types of data and notes to be shared under the USCDI standard
> Anticipated HIPAA compliance challenges associated with patient requests for shared notes
> Scenarios that will denote a need for physician training on improving their shared notes
The Law of Digital Health offers an overview of the opportunities, challenges and strategies arising from the highly dynamic components of the digital health ecosystem: health information technology, big data and data analytics, telemedicine and mobile personal engagement tools.
This book helps business leaders and their advisors understand, embrace and manage the legal implications of existing laws and regulations, as well as emerging policies that affect digital health product development, go-to-market strategies and cross-industry collaborations.
Spearheaded by editors-in-chief and authors Bernadette M. Broccolo and Lisa Mazur, and authored by more than a dozen McDermott Health lawyers, The Law of Digital Health provides first-of-its-kind legal information on the digital health space.
Published by the American Health Lawyers Association, The Law of Digital Health is now available to order.
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