Articles from Dr. Inci Demir

4. Feb 2025 Digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen (DiGA) im Entlassmanagement

Medical and social law
9. Dec 2024 Possibilities of telemedical cooperation within the framework of outpatient specialist care (ASV)

Outpatient specialist care (ASV) offers the opportunity to overcome the sector boundaries between outpatient and inpatient care. The aim of ASV is to diagnose and treat complex, difficult-to-treat diseases that require special qualifications, interdisciplinary cooperation and special technical equipment.

Medical and social law
9. Jul 2024 eDoctor's letters: mandatory readiness to receive from 30.06.2024

The doctor's letter is basically used for the targeted exchange of information between the doctors providing treatment or continuing treatment. As a result of the Act to Accelerate Digitalization in the Healthcare System (Digital-Gesetz DigiG), all doctors and facilities participating in SHI-accredited medical care are now obliged to be able to receive electronic doctor's letters (eDoctors' letters) by 30 June 2024 at the latest.

Medical and social law
1. Jul 2024 The (electronic) patient file: right of access and filling

All relevant medical measures are documented in the patient file. According to Section 630g of the German Civil Code (BGB), patients have the right to inspect their medical records. This right is a concrete form of the principle of informational self-determination. However, the right of access is not unlimited, but can be denied by the treating physician in individual cases.

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28. Jun 2024 Restrictions on flat-rate fees for medical services

In its ruling dated April 4, 2024 (case no. III ZR 38/23), the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) made a fundamental decision on the German Medical Fee Schedule (GOÄ) and thus on flat-rate medical fees. The highest court has thus ruled that the GOÄ always applies to medical services provided on an outpatient basis.

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