The Patient Data Protection Act or Patientendaten-Schutz-Gesetz (PDSG) is a new law passed by Germany's Federal Parliament, the Bundestag, on 3 July 2020. It entered into force less than four months later, on 20 October 2020. The PDSG is part of a push for the digitalization of the German healthcare system. It introduces a number of innovative digital applications and requirements for the protection of patient information stored in an electronic format.
The PDSG applies to all healthcare institutions, including hospitals, doctors, health insurance providers, and pharmacies using services, applications, and components of the German healthcare system's telematics infrastructure to process patient information. Read more about PDSG.