October 20: Webcast - Electronic Health Information: State and Local Approaches to Data Sharing

The United States health system is undergoing a critical transformation in financing, service delivery, and access to care. One of the key elements of this transformation are unprecedented efforts at the local and state levels to electronically capture and exchange data to improve health care and population health, and reduce costs. Health information technology tools such as electronic health records (EHRs) capture clinical data that can be used at the point of care, shared among providers and public health to facilitate care coordination, analyzed to support public health goals, including resource allocation, prioritization, and planning. Despite these tremendous benefits and a nationwide commitment to the use and sharing of electronic health information, health information exchange can be a challenging reality for state and local public health—leading public health partners to focus on identifying ways to reduce or eliminate real or perceived barriers to information sharing and improve access to and use of electronic health information on the state and local levels.
This webinar, co- sponsored by CDC’s Public Health Law Program and the Network for Public Health Law, will focus on the importance of data sharing for public health purposes. Panelists will characterize public health information exchange, and highlight efforts under way to improve the ability of state and local public health agencies to access and use electronic health information.
Title:
Electronic Health Information: State and Local Approaches to Data Sharing
When/Where:
Thursday, October 20, 2016
12:00 pm Central
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By:
Network for Public Health Law
Credit:
1 hour 30 minutes
Speakers:

• Lily Kan, M.P.H., Sr. Director, Infectious Disease and Informatics, National Association of County and City Health Officials
• Cason Schmit, J.D., Research Assistant Professor and HIPAA Compliance Officer, Department of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
• Jen Bernstein, J.D., Deputy Director, The Network for Public Health Law, Mid-States Region
• Moderator: Rachel Hulkower, JD, MSPH, Legal Analyst/ORISE Fellow, Public Health Law Program, Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, CDC

Credit:
Some attendees may qualify for CLE credit. ASLME is an approved provider of continuing legal education credits in several states; ASLME will also apply for CLE credits in other states upon request.
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