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In Healthtech

How to get Governmental Funding for Digital Health Apps in Germany

July 23, 2020 by Julia Kaufmann, Holger Lutz and Frank Pfluger 1 Min Read

The Digital-Supply-Act (Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz, “DVG”), which aims to further promote digitization in the German health care system, entered into force on 19 December 2019 and regulates, inter alia, the prescription of Digital Health Apps by HCPs (including the cost bearing by statutory health insurance). Patients insured with statutory health funds are eligible for reimbursement of Digital Health Apps. As of this August, prescription for Digital Health Apps will be available, according to statements made by the…

In Data Privacy

Monitoring of Employee Email and Internet Use in Germany – Guidance from Data Protection Authorities

February 24, 2016 by Holger Lutz 4 Mins Read

On February 5, 2016 the German data protection authorities, issued guidance (available in German) for private sector organisations explaining when and how an employer may monitor its employees’ work email account and Internet usage (“Guidance”). German employers would be wise to structure their monitoring activities to comply with the Guidance. 1. Threshold QuestionThe applicable legal framework, which determines whether and how an employer may monitor its employees’ work email accounts and Internet usage, depends on…