Electronic medical records (EMRs), artificial intelligence (AI), and e-prescriptions have revolutionized healthcare but present challenges for legal professionals. Each patient visit generates a unique record filled with shorthand, abbreviations, and inconsistencies across providers, complicated by complex regulations and varied digital formats. This seminar provides practical tools to retrieve, analyze, and interpret EMRs, understand Al's role in medical documentation, and address the complexities of e-prescriptions for effective case preparation and litigation. While these innovations have revolutionized healthcare, they create challenges for legal professionals due to shorthand, abbreviations, inconsistent formats, and complex regulations.

Sam Hodge's unmatched energy, graphic-intense format and entertaining delivery guide you to case clarifying sense as he shares productive tips regarding:

- "the nuances of medical records in view of federal and state mandates such as HIPAA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Cures Act and Medicare
- "how to cut through red tape in obtaining medical records at a fraction of the costs
" how health care providers maintain and organize records in the 21st Century especially in view of electronic medical records and e-prescription initiatives
-  "common medical phrases and abbreviations as well as the terms used in the writing of prescriptions for medication and routes of drug administration
-  "the intersection of medical and legal ethics
-  "practice and litigation tips every step of the way with specific references to statutes, regulations, court cases and medical record forms
-  "the electronic medical chart and determining if the record has been altered or if material is missing.

Sam Hodge is an emeritus professor at Temple University where he teaches both law and anatomy. He also serves as a mediator/arbitrator for the Dispute Resolution Institute in Philadelphia and as a judge pro temp. He enjoys an AV preeminent rating and has been named a Top Lawyer in Pennsylvania on multiple occasions. Sam has been named one of the most popular continuing legal education instructors in the country and has received multiple teaching awards including the Temple University Great Teacher Award and his Anatomy for Lawyers course was the recipient of the ACLEA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Continuing Legal Education. His interactive teaching style has received national attention including stories in the New York Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Philadelphia Inquirer, National Public Radio and television.

He is a prolific author whose research has been cited in court opinions, legislation, law reviews and legal or medical journals. He has authored more than 700 publications and 10 books. At least 11 of his articles on the subject of Artificial Intelligence in law enforcement, medicine, business and the practice of law have been published in Law Reviews and other scholarly works. He is also an expert appearing before the Pennsylvania legislature as they deliberate proposed legislation on AI.

Hodge is a graduate of Temple University School of Law and the Graduate Legal Studies Division of the Law School and has received mediation training at the Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution and anatomy training at Temple University School of Medicine. 

This seminar is an Intermediate level program.

This program qualifies for 6.0 MCLE; 1.0 LEPR credit.