Trends in E-Discovery Four Cases Provide a Glimpse of Healthcare Litigation's Future

摘要

The electronic discovery marketplace is growing and evolving almost as rapidly as the healthcare information infrastructure. The e-discovery market is projected to reach dollar 1.2 billion in sales by 2014.3 Meanwhile, experts expect that in 2012, "the e-discovery market will remain interesting and dynamic." Issues related to social media and management of information and e-discovery in the cloud will involve application of a new computerized technique called "predictive coding" for the identification and culling of potentially relevant information for litigation.EHR adoption and the growth of health information exchange networks will give rise to a whole new array of healthcare tort claims. These may range from holding healthcare providers or insurance companies liable in negligence for economic losses and emotional distress damages arising from the loss or theft of patient information to wrongful death lawsuits resulting from the use of computer technology.