How HITECH and the ACA are Changing the Data Landscape

In this class Aman Bhandari and Dr. Tom Tsang will address how two recent major legislative actions, HITECH and the Affordable Care Act, are impacting the use of data in health care. Aman and Tom will draw from their extensive work inside both government and the private sector to describe how the two are simultaneously using data to drive cost savings and open new HIT markets via greater transparency. In addition they will share their vision for data partnerships at Merck and discuss how data is changing the pharmaceutical industry business model.

The learning objective of this class will be to:

1. Review the data linkages between HITECH and the ACA and how both together are creating a health data ecosystem

2. Distill the "big" data related provisions in the ACA

3. Discuss the evolution of one of the most data related critical aspects of this legislation called quality measures and how this is tied to payment

In this online course series from Health 2.0, four leading industry experts will teach how new applications of big data are transforming their corner of health care. This is an opportunity to gain practical insights on how to use data intelligently and think about it strategically in your particular area of disruption. Each class is 60 minutes followed by 30 minutes of Q&A. Each class is live, interactive, and personal, and takes advantage of Learn It Live's cutting edge virtual classroom platform. This course is for entrepreneurs, executives, data scientists, and clinical leaders. Sign up now!