Category: Health law

Covid-19

Covid-19 mini-series | Legal advice for Switzerland Privacy, Health & Technologies

With Covid-19, the world is facing a huge crisis and the economy will be massively impacted.

New coronavirus, known as “Covid-19“, spreads itself from China (Wuhan province) to Europe, and then to the world leading to unprecedented measures from authorities in various countries, including Switzerland. Public health issues combine health law, protection of personal data & Privacy and the use of new technologies to fight and help during this tough historical time.… Plus...

Revision of the Swiss Data Protection Act: Conference for HCPs

This Thursday 24 October 2019, I will have the pleasure to present the current state of the revision of the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (DPA), as currently discussed at the Federal Parliament. I will be discussing the consequences for doctors in private practice in a conference organised by FMH Services, at the Hotel Aquatis in Lausanne.… Plus...

Conference on telemedicine

On 4 October 2018, I was invited by Planète santé to speak at the assises de la médecine romande on the topic of telemedicine. The title of my conference was:

Telemedicine : legal framework for physicians

The Swiss health forum 2018, including the “assises de la médecine romande”, is global conference and Forum where more thatn 1’000 healthcare professionals and doctors meet and participate during a few days.… Plus...

Prescription support software are considered as medical device

Prescription support software is considered as medical device

On 7 December 2017, the European Court of Justice (‘ECJ’) made an important ruling in the French case SNITEM and Philips vs Premier Ministre des Affaires sociales et de la Santé (Case C-329/16). The Court followed its general advocate advice, who issued a non-binding recommendation on 28 June 2017, and defined for the first time under what conditions should medical software (standalone software) be qualified as a medical device pursuant to Directive 93/42/EEC on medical device.… Plus...

Outsourcing medical billing: a matter of transparency

What is required when outsourcing medical invoices to a third party?

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In healthcare, it is frequent for medical professionals and health institutions to outsource medical billing to a third party. There are many financial and practical advantages to subcontract such service. First, outsourcing can increase efficiency, by reducing the cost of performing these kinds of tasks by the employees.… Plus...

Cells

Celine case: Bayer not liable for Yasmin contraceptive pills

WHAT THE CASE IS ABOUT

On Wednesday, 21 January 2015, the Swiss-German press reported the verdict handed down by the Swiss Federal Court in the Celine Case, better known to the media as the Yasmin Pills Case. This is a case that created a scandal in the canton of Zurich, as well as at the national level, concerning the use of the latest generation of contraceptive pills in Switzerland.… Plus...