Healthcare Information Technology
Squire Sanders has extensive experience representing clients in the health information technology industry, from hospitals, physicians and payers to e-health, technology and software vendors. We assist clients in navigating the legal nuances of health information technology development and contracting in order to help them achieve their business objectives.
Members of our skilled team include former in-house lawyers at health information technology companies and hospital administrators. We regularly counsel clients on the legal issues associated with electronic health records (EHRs), including obtaining meaningful use incentive payments under the HITECH Act, HIPAA compliance, fraud and abuse issues, e-discovery, data retention and destruction, data privacy and security, authentication, encryption, certification and documentation. We provide strategic counseling to clients on structuring their information systems and telemedicine networks and negotiating interface arrangements and technology licenses.
In addition to assisting covered entities and business associates with HIPAA compliance efforts, our health information technology team members work closely with our Global Data Privacy Task Force to advise clients engaged in cross-border communication of health information on international privacy regulations such as the European Union Privacy Directive and the growing number of national laws. We regularly assist clients in addressing data breaches and advise on state and federal data breach notification requirements, as well.
Our lawyers also assist clients with:
- Health information exchanges (HIEs)
- Regional health information organizations (RHIOs)
- Community health information networks (CHINs)
- Electronic prescription systems and incentive payments
- EHR donations
- Integrated delivery networks
- Information systems acquisition agreements
- Outsourcing
- Telemedicine
- Electronic communications
- Intellectual property
- Marketing and distribution agreements
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and smart cards
- Internet marketing of health products and services