<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The modern information and communication tools and technologies of the 21st century open up new opportunities for patients and healthcare providers, thus contributing to human health, reducing the number of morbidities and premature deaths.The application of modern technology in healthcare has resulted in a number of positive changes, but it has also been subject to multiple challenges, including legal dilemmas in this area: e.g. data management, data security and data protection, access to eHealth, etc.After a brief introduction to the legal history of healthcare and the presentation of key statistics related to the current digital situation, the main objective of the present work is to analyze the relationship between health digitalization and law.One of the key issues for successful healing in all historical eras is the legal protection and respect of patients and healthcare workers in the face of changes in the modern world. For this reason, it is important to address this unusual dimension of health care.</abstract>

The modern information and communication tools and technologies of the 21st century open up new opportunities for patients and healthcare providers, thus contributing to human health, reducing the number of morbidities and premature deaths.The application of modern technology in healthcare has resulted in a number of positive changes, but it has also been subject to multiple challenges, including legal dilemmas in this area: e.g. data management, data security and data protection, access to eHealth, etc.After a brief introduction to the legal history of healthcare and the presentation of key statistics related to the current digital situation, the main objective of the present work is to analyze the relationship between health digitalization and law.One of the key issues for successful healing in all historical eras is the legal protection and respect of patients and healthcare workers in the face of changes in the modern world. For this reason, it is important to address this unusual dimension of health care.

Where Law and Digital Health Care Meet…

Semmelweis University Faculty of Health Sciences

Bulletin of Medical Sciences

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The modern information and communication tools and technologies of the 21st century open up new opportunities for patients and healthcare providers, thus...

Where Law and Digital Health Care Meet…

Publicado en línea: 03 dic 2020

Páginas: 79 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orvtudert-2019-0017

Palabras clave
e-Health, healthcare law, patients’ rights, legal liability of healthcare workers

© 2019 Feith Helga Judit, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Where Law and Digital Health Care Meet…

Publicado en línea: 03 dic 2020

Páginas: 79 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orvtudert-2019-0017

Palabras clavee-Health, healthcare law, patients’ rights, legal liability of healthcare workers

© 2019 Feith Helga Judit, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
e-Health, healthcare law, patients’ rights, legal liability of healthcare workers