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Jane Hyatt Thorpe1, Elizabeth A Gray1, Lara Cartwright-Smith1
1Jane Hyatt Thorpe, J.D., is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health and Director of the Healthcare Corporate Compliance Program at the George Washington University. She holds an A.B. from Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) and a Juris Doctor degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Law (Nashville, TN). Elizabeth A. Gray, J.D., M.H.A., is a Research Scientist and Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN), a Juris Doctor degree from the George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C.), and a Master of Health Administration degree from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University (Washington, D.C.). Lara Cartwright-Smith, J.D., M.P.H., is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bates College (Lewiston, Maine), a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University School of Law (Washington, D.C.), and a Master of Public Health from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University (Washington, D.C.).
Abstract:
Truly transforming the healthcare delivery and payment system turns on the ability to engage in the interoperable electronic exchange of patient health information across and beyond the care continuum. Achieving transformation requires a legal framework that supports information sharing with appropriate privacy and security protections and a trusted governance structure.
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