Healthcare Information Technology

The Chicago-based attorneys at Griffith & Jacobson help medical professionals leverage technology and explore new sources of revenue. Our knowledge and experience working with medical providers that use Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), or are seeking to integrate the use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) into their practice to capture the financial incentives offered by the HITECH Act (part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA). Our technology attorneys can help ensure that your business complies with industry regulations and guidelines, such as HIPPA. We recommend best practices and assist in creating and implement those policies. We will work with you to minimize the risk of litigation over breach of privacy claims.

We also advise HIT technology companies that service the medical, biomedical and industry, including those in suburban Chicago communities such as Naperville, Libertyville and Deerfield and others across Illinois. We keep them apprised of changing government regulations  and assist them with the legal documents they need when working with medical professionals.

Read more about why Griffith & Jacobson, LLC, is the right choice for all of your HIT, E-Health, EHRs and Healthcare technology legal needs at G&J Philosophy.

Contact our Illinois Healthcare IT Lawyers at (312) 236-8110 to discuss how we can guide your practice through your HIT issues and the EHR/EMR regulatory scheme.

Demystifying Legal Issues and Compliance for Medical Practices
Our overarching goal in serving medical practice clients is to demystify the potential E-Health legal issues and compliance obligations. We do this by providing a comprehensive regulation summary, as well as providing advice on the recommended best practices in medical records technology. We audit your current use of HIT technology and EHRs o spot the potential risks related to your particular use of technologies.

Medical practices that adopt electronic medical records (EMR) need to comply with the new federal “meaningful use” regulations under the HITECH Act (part of the ARRA). Our technology attorneys can counsel your business in understanding the “Mmeaningful use  rules and guide them through the process to ensure they: (1) use a certified EMR product; (2) the EMR technology allows for the electronic exchange of Personal Health Information (PHI) with other medical providers; and (3) the medical provider complies with report making obligations. Griffith & Jacobson can help your company understand and comply with the new rules on standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for EMR. We assess your business risks and concerns, then draft policies and forms as necessary, and can even provide training classes to your employees to create, foster and maintain a culture of compliance and proactive actions that will help your company: (a) assure your patients that their personal information is protected, (b) avoid and mitigate the risk of regulatory enforcement and/or fines, and (c) allow you and your administrative staff to focus on your practice. Our technology attorneys can also add value to your business by helping you exploring new sources of revenue through the use of new HIT tech and other technologies (such as “virtual” doctor visits or the use of mobile applications to manage patient wait times).

We invite you to contact our Illinois technology attorneys at 312.236.8110 to discuss how we can help you effectively integrate HIT and EHRs tools and technology to expand your profits and better serve your customers.

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Assisting IT Service Providers
Our technology attorneys also counsel HIT companies in understanding the rules and guide them through the process to get their product or service certified as an EMR product. With substantial experience negotiating IT and E-Health deals, the technology lawyers at Chicago’s business law firm of Griffith & Jacobson understand the relevant technologies and markets and, as a result, is well positioned to assist in these complex transactions. With our legal counsel your company will be able to implement effective technology initiatives,  help your company debunk other vendor/supplier claims of “industry standards,” limit your liability and minimize your risk, and describe appropriate milestones to distinguish you from your competitors and help you avoid disputes and litigation.

The business lawyers at Griffith & Jacobson can assist E-Health IT service providers by helping you build a compliance program and providing standardized forms that providers can package with their IT services. Our IT clients, in turn, add value to their clients by providing consent forms, privacy policies, and employee policies. We also craft software licensing agreement forms, maintenance service agreements, and consulting contracts, software licenses, hardware and software maintenance contracts, equipment purchases and leases, software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreements. The tech attorneys at Griffith & Jacobson will help you address these and other important technology legal issues.

Read more about why Griffith & Jacobson, LLC, is the right choice for all of your HIT, E-Health, EHRs and Healthcare technology legal needs at G&J Philosophy.
Schedule an initial consultation with Chicago tech attorneys Arieh M. Flemenbaum  at 312.236.8110.