Loyola University of Chicago's Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy’s 11th Annual Symposium on Health Law and Policy, “Privacy, Big Data and the Demands of Providing Quality Patient Care,” will be on Friday, November 10, 2017. They have issued the following call for papers:
Loyola University Chicago’s Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy and Annals of Health Law invite original research paper submissions for presentation at our Eleventh Annual Health Law Symposium, “Privacy, Big Data and the Demands of Providing Quality Patient Care.” The symposium will take place at Loyola University Chicago School of Law on Friday, November 10, 2017, at the Philip H. Corboy Law Center, 25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago.
The symposium will explore federal and state privacy law and policy, including its intersection with the expanding use of “big data” and its impact on patient care. The symposium is intended to touch upon a wide variety of areas responsive to this overall theme. Accordingly, we invite submissions addressing any and all aspects of privacy and/or its impact upon accessible, quality patient care. Possible approaches to this Call For Papers include, but are not limited to:
* The privacy challenges faced by underrepresented or stigmatized populations, and implications for patient access to care. Topics may include the relationship between health care providers and law enforcement concerning the release of confidential data, information reporting in public health contexts, privacy intrusions on beneficiaries of Medicaid and other public services, and the relationship between health care privacy laws and discrimination in employment.
* Compliance with and enforcement of health care privacy laws. Topics may include federal enforcement priorities, prevention of data breaches, institutional policies for the protection of protected health information, and the interplay of more stringent state privacy laws with federal laws.
* The future of health care privacy in a data-driven world. Topics may include research on big data, sales of health data by companies offering direct-to-consumer health services and devices, privacy of biospecimens, geofencing-based advertising; and the use of social media as evidence of patient preferences.
* The impact that privacy concerns may have on timely access to treatment for patients who may be reluctant to release confidential information. Topics may include the delay of treatment for mental health concerns, post-traumatic stress disorder, cancer and their effect on patient prognosis and mortality rates.
REVIEW PROCEDURE AND TIMELINE
Submission Information:
Those interested in participating, please send a 1000-word abstract to [email protected] by June 16, 2017.
Authors will be notified of decisions no later than July 14, 2017. If your abstract is selected, a full paper will be due by January 8, 2018.
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