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Health IT  
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Howard A. Burde

Understanding the convergence of health law and technology, Blank Rome’s Health IT attorneys advise clients on a number of emerging issues regarding e-health information, privacy, security, data use, licensing, joint venture and development agreements, transactional matters and capital raising, and other emerging issues.  Our attorneys have written a number of books and articles addressing the challenges of health information technology.

Blank Rome is a Diamond Member of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS),  and is the founder-sponsor of the Health IT Venture fair and the forthcoming Building a Health IT Business Program.

Our team has been nationally recognized for their counsel on critical issues facing Health IT industry clients, including:

  • electronic health records and personal health records
  • HIE, HIN, and RHIO developments
  • privacy and security
  • liability, risk management, and indemnification
  • certification and interoperability
  • data-sharing agreements
  • fraud and abuse compliance and enforcement
  • regulatory compliance
  • drug and medical device approvals

Experienced Attorneys, Recognized in Their Fields

Our experienced Health IT team always includes lawyers who have served federal and state governments as well as private industry.  Our experience includes service as counsel to three Governors of Pennsylvania on health issues, as well as chief counsel to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.  We have also served on important Department of Justice and FBI enforcement policy committees in Washington and with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We have worked extensively on healthcare matters with the Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices in jurisdictions around the country, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its contracting community.



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Events List
Publications More
Legal Issues in Establishing Health Information Networks: A Guide to Establishing RHIOs
HIMSS (2007)
News More
Howard Burde Appointed to HIMSS Board of Directors
July 24, 2008
Cases and Deals List