Data Protection & E-Health
Data Protection
The protection of health data is of utmost importance for the European and national legislators. In Germany, various provisions applicable to the healthcare industry are scattered across different laws (e.g. Federal Data Protection Act, German Social Code V, Hospital Acts etc.). Respectively, in particular globally acting and networked companies are facing major challenges, which require a precise knowledge and strict application of these provisions.
We support our clients on their way through the data protection jungle with, inter alia, the following services:
- Drafting of contracts related to data storage, processing and transfer (e.g. contract data processing)
- Data protection aspects in connection with the implementation of transparency requirements
- Legally sound design of international transfer of health data
- Legally sound design and implementation of data bases in the healthcare sector
- Drafting of informed consents and data protection provisions in contracts
- Strategic advice regarding handling of pharmacovigilance data
E-Health
The continuing digitalization in the healthcare sector (e.g. network medical technology, telemedicine, health services, digital vitality monitoring etc.) brings along specific challenges also with respect to the legal assessment of new products and methods in the field of e-health as well as the legally sound structuring in this context. It is our claim to support the developments of our innovative clients also from a legal perspective at the highest level and to map and implement the specific characteristics of the e-health sector.
Our services particularly include:
- Qualification and classification of software (e.g. medical apps) as medical device;
- Legal advice regarding e-health in patient support programms (e.g. virtual interface to physicians);
- Assessment of legal issues related to telemedicine;
- Assessment of data protection aspects related to e-health.