Kristen B. Rosati

Kristen spends her time on matters related to clinical research, electronic health records, and health information privacy and security. She particularly enjoys the intersection of these issues presented by bioinformatics and the use of electronic health information for research.

EDUCATION AND BAR ADMISSIONS

• J.D., University of Michigan, 1990, cum laude
• B.A., University of Michigan, 1987, magna cum laude
• Admitted in Arizona, 1990

CLERKSHIPS

• Hon. Thomas Tang, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1992-94
• Hon. Earl Carroll, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1990-92

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Assisting the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission in building the Arizona Translational Resource Network (AzTransNet)—an effort to build clinical and translational research capacity in Arizona
• As Chair of the Legal Working Group of Arizona Health-e Connection, Arizona’s health information exchange (HIE) initiative, facilitating the development of statutory and regulatory changes to enable HIE in Arizona, and assisting in the development of model policies and agreements for HIE
• Assisting a number of national health systems in establishing electronic health record systems, including developing contracts with community physicians, advising on remote access issues, and assisting in navigating the Stark and Anti-Kickback rules related to EHR roll-outs
• Chairing the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association’s statewide task forces on HIPAA compliance and clinical research compliance
• Conducting HIPAA preemption analyses for the hospital associations in Arizona, Washington, and Maine, and leading the development of HIPAA Privacy compliance packages for hospitals, health plans, and employers

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND RECOGNITION

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America for health care, 2007
• Member, American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Board of Directors, 2006-present
• Chair and Vice-Chair of the AHLA Health Information and Technology Practice Group, 2001-06
• Member, National Governor’s Association State Alliance for e-Health, Health Information Protection Task Force, 2006-present
• Member, Arizona State University Biomedical Informatics Department Advisory Board, 2006-present
• Adjunct Professor, Health Care Law, Arizona State University College of Law; frequent guest lecturer at College of Law
• Invited to brief the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the American Health Information Community on privacy in health information exchange, July 2007
• Invited to brief the Government Accountability Office health policy analyst staff on the problems with the HIPAA Privacy Rule
• Member, Sun Health Institutional Review Board, 2005-present
• Secretary and member of the Board of Directors for the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Right Project, 1997-2002

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES

• Co-editor and co-author, The Quest for Interoperable Electronic Health Records: A Guide to Legal Issues in Establishing Health Information Networks (AHLA) (2005)
• Co-chair, AHLA “HIT Think Tank,” Legal Barriers to Interoperable Electronic Health Records (2004)
• Co-author, Developments in Electronic Health Records (Aspen 2007 Health Law and Compliance Update)
• Author, Human Genetic Sampling and the HIPAA Privacy Standards (Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology, Winter 2005)
• HIPAA’s Impact on Litigation (WestGroup Health Law Handbook, 2005)