Legal Advice on Cloud Solutions in Healthcare
Cloud solutions offer the healthcare industry tremendous flexibility and efficiency - but the regulatory requirements are complex. From data privacy and storage to access rights, our specialist lawyers can help you make your cloud use compliant. With tailored advice, we ensure that your use of cloud technologies meets the highest standards of compliance and data security.
What are the use cases for cloud solutions in healthcare?
Cloud solutions open up a wide range of healthcare applications that go beyond traditional storage options and make data-intensive processes more efficient. In patient care, cloud-based systems provide secure, real-time access to electronic health records, making it much easier to collaborate across departments and locations. In addition, the cloud provides a scalable infrastructure for complex applications such as AI-based analytics and personalised medicine that analyse large amounts of data.
What are the challenges for healthcare cloud users?
The use of cloud services in the healthcare sector is subject to particularly strict requirements. The new Section 393 of the German Social Security Code (SGB V) specifies where data can be stored and processed in the cloud and what requirements providers must meet.
Cloud service providers must therefore have a current C5 certificate (Cloud Computing Compliance Criteria Catalogue) and take appropriate measures to ensure information security.
In addition, the high data protection requirements for healthcare data must be met, which poses various challenges, such as authorisation concepts, anonymisation and pseudonymisation, and deletion concepts.
How we can help you use cloud solutions
- Advice on legal options: We can help you understand the legal options for using the cloud and how to implement them.
- Provider assessment: We check which cloud service providers meet the necessary requirements.
- Comprehensive data protection and information security advice: We help you comply with GDPR and other data protection regulations, as well as IT security to ensure the protection of sensitive health data.
- Data protection audits and DPIA: We conduct data protection audits and conformity assessments for you, including data protection impact assessments, and prepare legally compliant data protection declarations.
- Data protection concepts: We create the necessary access, authorisation and deletion policies, as well as anonymisation and pseudonymisation policies for cloud use.
- Contract design and review: We draft and review contracts with service providers for cloud use.
- Representation in and out of court: We represent you in the out-of-court enforcement and defence of claims, as well as in administrative and court proceedings.
- Compliance training: We provide tailored training for your team to ensure that all employees are aware of the legal requirements in the eHealth sector.
Why Schürmann Rosenthal Dreyer is your partner for eHealth solutions
Schürmann Rosenthal Dreyer combines 16 years of legal expertise with in-depth technical know-how to provide you with comprehensive eHealth solutions. Our firm not only has experienced lawyers, but also technology experts who work together to ensure that your digital healthcare projects are legally compliant and future-proof. As initiators of the Health & Law network, we are deeply involved in the field of healthcare law and are committed to the legal protection of innovative healthcare solutions.
Our expertise has been recognised many times: We won the prestigious JUVE award for Law Firm of the Year in Data Protection and IT, and are ranked as one of the top 2024 law firms by The Legal 500.
Put your trust in Schürmann Rosenthal Dreyer - the partner with the unique combination of legal excellence and technical understanding to make your eHealth projects a success.
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