Telehealth and Medical Malpractice

Agenda / Content Covered

10:00 — 11:00, Susan Meek

1. Telehealth Regulations 2022
2. Limits of Telehealth Technology - and When Physicians Stretch it
3. Medical Malpractice Issues
   1. Missed and Misdiagnosis
   2. Informed Consent
   3. Authentication Issues
   4. Internet Prescribing
4. The Evolving Standard of Care for Telehealth Visits
5. Crossing State Lines: Issues With Licensing, Differing Standards of Care, and Malpractice Insurance
6. Choice of Law Issues
7. Privacy, Data Breach
8. Discovery and Evidence Issues for Telehealth Technology
9. Case Examples and Updates

Accreditation Details:

Susan Meek M.D., J.D., is an attorney whose practice primarily focuses on medical-legal, corporate and business matters, pharmaceutical and device litigation, nursing home litigation, real estate, mediation, and arbitration. She represents both plaintiffs and defendants in both transactional work and litigation. She has served as a special master in a large multi-party lawsuit and as an administrative law judge in Texas. In the past she has taught as adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law School, teaching ADR, dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration, and legal negotiation. As a mediator and arbitrator for many years in all areas of the law, she is on the federal mediators list in Texas. She has previously served as an expert witness for the Department of Health and Human Services. She earned her B.S. degree from the University of Illinois, her J.D. degree from the University of Illinois (Northern) and her  M.D. degree from Chicago Medical School. Ms. Meek trained at the Mayo Clinic and completed an ophthalmologic residency at the University of Arizona. In the past she has served on a Governor’s Task Force and has been involved on committees dealing with medical and legal issues.