Welcome to the first installment of Arnold & Porter’s Virtual and Digital Health Digest. This inaugural edition covers September and October highlights across the virtual and digital health space. This newsletter focuses on key virtual and digital health and telehealth-related developments in the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union in the healthcare, regulatory, privacy, and corporate transactions space.
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EU Digital Health Policy: European Commission launches European Health Data Space
Posted in Digital Health, EHDS
Earlier this month, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation for the European Health Data Space (EHDS) aimed at regulating and facilitating electronic health data access and sharing across the European Union (the Proposal). The two main objectives of the EHDS are to (i) enable individuals to easily access and control their electronic health data; and (ii) allow researchers, innovators and policy makers to use electronic health data in a lawful, legitimate, trusted and secure way that preserves privacy and the fundamental rights of patients.
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