The buzzwords "strengthening telemedicine", "digitalization in the healthcare sector" and "better networking of service providers" have been omnipresent, and not just since the 2016 Act on Secure Digital Communication and Applications in the Healthcare Sector (E-Health Act). Further steps have already been announced by legislators for the current legislative period. The healthcare industry is also facing the ever-growing challenge of European competitors using digital communication media to penetrate the German healthcare market, which has so far been largely shielded by the personal provision of services by doctors.
These developments and the associated tasks for politicians were the reason for an event on the topic of "Telemedicine" at the Saxon Economic Council of the CDU e.V. At the invitation of the state expert commission "Health and Care", Prof. Dr. Hahn gave a lecture on the current legal issue of digitization in the healthcare industry on 25.04.2018. The agenda included national and European aspects of the cross-border provision of healthcare services, the expansion of the German telematics infrastructure and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR). The subsequent discussion also provided an opportunity for an in-depth exchange with representatives from health insurance companies and service providers.
Contact
Prof. Dr. iur. Erik Hahn
Chair of Civil Law, Commercial Law and Real Estate Law
Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Economics and Industrial Engineering
House Z II, Room 002
Schliebenstraße 21
02763 Zittau
03583 612-4619
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