title: Legal. Sharing the risk.
abstract: Negotiating IT contracts isn't for the faint of heart. Increasingly, hospitals are demanding that vendors share some of the financial and legal risk in case of product failure or an error.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Colias
mesh_terms: D003164:Competitive Bidding; D032982:Contracts / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016365:Liability, Legal / Q000191:economics*; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012308:Risk Management; D013672:Technology / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States