When it comes to your health, having digitized information available for seamless sharing across multiple healthcare providers and other stakeholders -- including patients themselves -- is a clear benefit. But can certain actors disrupt the goal of interoperability? David Schwartz, a healthcare-focused antitrust lawyer, joins Jeny Maier and Matt Tabas to introduce us to the challenge of healthcare information blocking and what avenues are available to enforcers to address this behavior. Listen to this episode if you're curious about how competition law principles play a part in ensuring that patients receive more effective care through seamless exchange of electronic medical records.
With special guest:
David Schwartz, Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Related Links:
2015 Information Blocking Report
HHS ASTP/ONC webpage on information blocking exceptions
Hosted by:
Jeny Maier, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP and Matt Tabas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP