Gallitano & O'Connor has represented health care clients in hundreds of transactions involving all types of technology systems, including clinical, financial, enterprise resource planning (ERP), pharmacy automation and picture archiving and communication (PAC) systems.

In addition to their transactional experience, members of the firm participate in industry positions in the health care community on both national and regional bases. For example, Karen O'Connor is a past Board member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), and has held a number of other leadership positions in that organization. Additionally, Dennis Gallitano sponsored, formed and was appointed the first National Chair of the Health Information Technology Committee of the American Health Lawyers Association and as a result of his many contributions to HIMSS, became the first attorney to achieve Fellow status.

Dennis and Karen both are prolific authors on health information technology topics. Visit our Library to view some of their publications in this area.

Representative Transactions

• Acquisition of a clinical information system on behalf of the country's second largest Catholic healthcare system, with approximately 70 hospitals and 43 long-term care/assisted living facilities in 19 states.

• Dual-track negotiations for the acquisition of a clinical information system on behalf of a large, academic medical center with one of the largest outpatient and inpatient volumes in the country. The purchase agreement contained risk/reward mechanisms designed to help assure technology vendor performance. 

• Dual-track negotiations for the acquisition of a clinical information system on behalf of one of the nation's premier children's hospitals.

• Acquisition of a clinical information system on behalf of the eighth largest hospital system in the United States, with 40 West Coast-based hospitals and medical centers.

• Acquisition of a clinical information system and the restructuring of a financial system contract on behalf of one of the country's premier research cancer centers.

Vendor Experience

We have negotiated health care transactions with a large number of vendors, including: