Verrill Dana's Health Technology Group Presents at Annual Meeting of the Maine State Bar Association

On January 29, 2009, at the Maine State Bar Association's Annual Meeting, members of Verrill Dana's Health Technology and Immigration & Global Migration Groups presented a panel discussion on “High Tech and Health Care:  A Look at Current Legal Issues in Technology that Affect Your Client’s Business.”

The presentation analyzed the following issues affecting health care providers and other businesses:

1. Legal issues in the e-health industry that provide insight into current efforts to bring the law into step with technology (presented by Liz Brody Gluck),
2. New regulatory guidance regarding the exchange of electronic health information, including the provision of software interfaces by hospitals to physicians (presented by Kate Healy),
3. An overview of the new federal rules governing the implementation of identity theft protection programs (presented by Brett Witham),
4. The benefits and problems with the Department of Homeland Security’s new E-Verify electronic work authorization verification system (presented by Dan Maranci), and
5. The potential impact of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions involving patent rights on innovations of importance to health care providers (presented by Pete Black).

Please contact any of the above presenters if you have questions on these issues, or other issues related to Healthcare, Technology, or Immigration.

The program for the event is available through this link: Maine State Bar Association 2009 Annual Meeting.