Current articles on Medical and social law

21. Sep 2015 IT security law in hospitals

The "Act to Increase the Security of Information Technology Systems" (IT Security Act) came into force on July 25, 2015.

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11. Aug 2015 Ensuring medical care in rural areas - new opportunities for municipalities and districts New opportunities for municipalities and districts

On July 23, 2015, the Act to Strengthen the Provision of Care in Statutory Health Insurance (SHI Care Strengthening Act) came into force. One of the aims of this law is to respond to the looming shortage of doctors in rural areas. The current finding here is that more and more practice owners are unable to find a successor and are having to close their practices. The law therefore contains incentives for doctors to set up in rural (underserved) areas. On the other hand, it creates opportunities for municipalities to set up medical care centers (MVZ) themselves and thus participate as a new "player" in outpatient medical care.

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28. Jul 2015 Current need for action to convert supply contracts

Current developments in medical device law require adjustments to the contracts normally used in supply chains. We would like to draw your attention to some of these points with this information. In addition, we would like to draw your attention to a number of erroneous or ineffective clauses in contracts for medical device supply chains, which we have recently encountered more frequently in our advisory practice:

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