The centerpiece of current healthcare information technology outsourcing initiatives is the buyer’s decision to implement a new clinical information system. Attorney Bruce Leshine posits the best way to go about this is for the buyer, supplier, and CIS vendor to work together to craft a solution.
Outsourcing your IT doesn’t relieve you of security obligations. Try telling the CEO that it’s alright that you lost customer information because we have an IT outsourcing contract. Just don’t tell him about the supplier’s limitation of liability provision. Attorney Bruce Leshine shares legal ideas to protect your data in an outsourced environment.
Is there a better mousetrap to catch your supplier in the maze of service level agreements? Bruce Leshine and Mel Van Howe believe the performance decrements model is a better method because the emphasis is on making sure the supplier corrects problems in a timely manner rather than generating credits that are inconsequential to both parties.
New York’s terrorist attacks have forced buyers to revisit the force majeure events clauses in their outsourcing contracts. The typical clause has the buyer bearing all the risk. Attorney Bruce Leshine has new verbage that shares that risk with the provider.
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