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The Act to Accelerate the Digitalization of the Healthcare System (“Digital Act”) was announced on 26 March 2024. In Section 393 of the Fifth Social Insurance Code (“SGB V”) as amended, the Digital Act contains far-reaching regulations on the permissibility of cloud use in the healthcare sector, which will come into force on 1 July 2024. Accordingly, social and health data may only be processed by means of cloud computing if the requirements of Section 393 SGB V as amended are met.
Providers of cloud computing…