Der Schutz personenbezogener Gesundheitsdaten im Gesundheitswesen

Despite its high practical relevance health privacy law within the German health care system appears to be one of the least transparent cross-sectional areas of special administrative law. The processing of sensitive health data deeply affects the right of patients and insurants to informational self-determination. At the same time, processing of health data has become a significant factor for an appropriate and quality-assured health care supply – a supply which more and more relies on a cross-sectional division of labour and a wide range of data controllers. The book displays the relevant structures of this field based on EU law, German constitutional law, ordinary law (including criminal law) as well as decree-law and bylaws. It also critically examines individual cases with due regard to recent court rulings as well as the future legal situation under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.