[Telematics in the public health sector. Where is the protection of health data?].
There is a long history of telematics in the German health system. Apart from the growing technical possibilities in the field, it is important to concentrate on the protection of health data in telematics applications. Health data in the hands of service providers or other third parties entails certain risks for the patient's personality rights, because these institutions may not be bound by the practice of medical confidentiality. In addition, big data processing risks make the individual lives of patients and insured persons totally transparent. Measures to reduce these risks have to be taken by the providers as well as by the users of telematics infrastructure; they are the ones who should explicitly address the relevant risks and dangers in a data protection and IT-security concept and develop adequate strategies to cope with these dangers. Additionally, the German legislator remains obliged to create a regulatory framework for the protection of patients' rights.
Referat III, Die Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit, Husarenstr. 30, 53117, Bonn, Deutschland.
Andrea
A
Voßhoff
Referat III, Die Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit, Husarenstr. 30, 53117, Bonn, Deutschland. ref3@bfdi.bund.de.
Bertram
B
Raum
Referat III, Die Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit, Husarenstr. 30, 53117, Bonn, Deutschland.
Walter
W
Ernestus
D016494:Computer Security / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D066264:Datasets as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D005858:Germany; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017150:Public Sector / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards
Confidentiality; Data protection; Electronic insurance card; Health telematics; Telemedicine