Telemedicine – a brief introduction.

Listen to this post as a podcast instead. What is it? Telemedicine is, as its name explains, medicine at a distance. This can be synchronised in time with both doctor and patient being in contact at the same time or asynchronous with a time lag. Telemedicine has existed in one form or another as long… Read More Telemedicine – a brief introduction.

When can you (temporarily) skip the medical data protection?

Health data is by definition and function sensitive data, but as anyone seeing patients knows, it is not always practical to get consent when treating a sick patient. It is not necessary to encrypt or anonymise patient data if: The patient as given express consent. It is in the vital interest of the patient, and… Read More When can you (temporarily) skip the medical data protection?