Legal and social responsibility in health service chains.
Personal health settings establishing health service chains lead to new legal challenges. The safe harbor principle of doctor-patient relationships has to be extended for including multilateral relations and other parties by reconciling a broad variety of legal regulations with detailed contractual agreements. Beyond security and privacy, also liability, risk management and reimbursement have to be ruled.
Dierks
Christian
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Dierks+Bohle, Attns. Berlin, Germany. dierks@db-law.de
D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005858:Germany; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012308:Risk Management; D012941:Social Responsibility; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*