Howard L. Bleich

Howard L. Bleich works in Cross-Cutting Cardiology affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Howard Leslie Bleich (1934-2021) was a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and co-founder of the Division of Clinical Informatics (formerly Division of Computer Medicine) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He developed early computer-based systems for acid-base and electrolyte disorders and contributed to the implementation of clinical computing systems at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital. His work focused on medical informatics, including tools like PaperChase for literature searching.