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Professor Terry Headlines Case Western Law Conference
04/08/2019
Electronic health record (EHR) systems are omnipresent in medical facilities, but do they advance patient safety?
The question was posed at a conference on Electronic Health Records and Patient Safety: Legal Challenges and Solutions,” sponsored by Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where IU McKinney School of Law Professor Nicholas Terry spoke on April 5.
Professor Terry shared the topic, “Electronic Health Records and Emerging Technologies: Attributes, Benefits, and Shortcomings” with Dean Sittig, PhD, Professor, Center for Healthcare Quality & Safety, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.
The conference, featuring legal and medical experts from around the country, analyzed EHR technology and the regulations that govern it, as well as solutions to contemporary EHR challenges and recommendations for regulatory, policy, and technological improvements.
Nicolas P. Terry is the Hall Render Professor of Law at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. He serves as Executive Director of the Hall Center for Law and Health. Professor Terry teaches Torts, Products Liability, Health Information Technology, Law & Science, and Health Care Quality.
Professor Terry’s research interests lie primarily at the intersection of medicine, law, and information technology. He is a permanent blogger at Harvard Law School's Bill of Health. Professor Terry is also is the co-presenter of the “The Week in Health Law” podcast.
