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E-Health, Privacy, and Security Law, Second Edition, with 2012 Supplement

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“This edition of E-Health, Privacy, and Security Law, edited by W. Andrew H. Gantt, III,  is an excellent reference for persons with responsibilities for compliance with these laws. This edition also is a valuable source of information for those with an interest in this increasingly important and developing area of law.

As a multi-authored work, this volume includes many of the nation's foremost authorities in Privacy and Security law. There are many practical Appendices for immediate use and teaching. The Table of Cases and Index are comprehensive and helpful. In short, the Second Edition truly is a ‘desk reference,’ and is on my desk.”
—John E. Steiner,  Jr., Esq.
Chief Compliance Officer
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Schaumburg, Illinois

Main Volume Information

E-health has rapidly emerged as one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing areas of the health care industry. As the industry becomes more dependent on information technology, health law practitioners are increasingly confronting unfamiliar legal issues. The new Second Edition of E-Health, Privacy, and Security Law, with CD-ROM, a reformulation of Bloomberg BNA’s E-Health Business and Transactional Law, offers clear guidance on the full range of today’s e-health business and transactional law issues with a new focus on the liabilities and ethical issues associated with the increased use of health information technology, social media, and digitized patient records and discusses such important topics and trends as:

  • Personal health records and social media
  • FDA regulation of e-health technology
  • Special issues regarding electronic health information and litigation
  • The latest regulations on privacy and security issues under the HITECH Act
  • New enforcement techniques and practices

The Second Edition contains a comprehensive discussion of new HIPAA enforcement actions, including the first State Attorney General enforcement action under the HITECH Act and the first impositions of civil money penalties and jail time for criminal actions under HIPAA. Health law practitioners need this treatise to:

  • Get a snapshot of the e-health industry and an overview of the recent trends in the marketplace
  • Learn about the ways in which social media and the “meaningful use” doctrine have hastened adoption of e-health products and services
  • Understand the current privacy and security requirements under HIPAA and discover ways to comply with these rules in order to avoid recent aggressive enforcement actions
  • Learn how the FDA, FCC and DOJ Antitrust Division are regulating the e-health industry and its innovative products and services
  • Avoid problems by learning due-diligence procedures and contract drafting tips, including protective intellectual property provisions
  • Learn about other common pitfalls and potential liabilities unique to the e-health industry related to professional licensure and credentialing, litigation risks, and legal ethics

This treatise also is useful for e-health professionals, who will value its indispensable analysis and advice to help them avoid penalties and jail time; maximize the use of technology to increase efficiency, cut costs, and improve marketing; and complete e-health strategic transactions successfully.


Supplement Information
The 2012 Supplement offers updated coverage on current e-health trends
such as: 
  • Technology innovation and government incentives, which continue to bolster the value of e-health products and services to society
  • Advice to help ensure that Web-based e-health companies comply with applicable regulations
  • How the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Communications Commission may work together in the future to regulate wireless health technologies
  • New challenges associated with the use of the Internet, computers, and mobile devices, which have become pervasive in attorney communications
  • Advice regarding e-health transactions, including due diligence of government contractors
  • Significant developments with the European Privacy Directive

Main Volume Information

2011/912 pp. Hardcover/Order #9050P


Supplement Information

2012/292 pp. Softcover/ISBN 9781617460500/Order #2050  

Main Volume Information

About the Editor-in-Chief 
W. Andrew H. Gantt III is a partner in Cooley LLP, Washington, DC, and a member of its Life Sciences Practice Group. He also leads Cooley’s Health Care Regulatory Practice.

ABA Health Law Section


Supplement Information

W. Andrew H. Gantt III, Editor-in-Chief; ABA Health Law Section