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Blockchain in EU e-health - blocked by the barrier of data protection?

Compliance with data protection requirements is always a tricky business and even more
intricate when it comes to cutting-edge technologies such as distributed ledger technology
(DLT), better known as Block Chain Technology (BCT). These difficulties increase even
more when the personal data concerned is accorded a special level of protection, as is the
case with health data. The following article aims to describe and analyze the legal issues
associated with this scenario. The focus here is on the European Union's (EU) General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 1, which took effect on May 25, 2018. Furthermore,
the functionality of BCT and its possible fields of application in healthcare will be outlined.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:32043
Date26 October 2018
CreatorsGassner, Ulrich M.
PublisherUniversität Leipzig, University of Miami
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Relationurn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-320423, qucosa:32042

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