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Webinar: Medical Device Cybersecurity & Data Protection Regulations

Medical devices and digital health solutions have boomed in 2020. Who could have predicted that the healthcare industry would face such a big challenge? Now more than ever the world needs digital health solutions and we are here to help shorten your project timeline.

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What is the Digital Care Act (DVG)?

The change Digital Care Act (DVG) is bringing Digital health applications (in German Digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen, DiGA) become like "digital helpers" in the hands of the patient. Digital health apps from now will help doctors to collect data and help to make disease treatment more effective.

Digital Health Innovation

Digital health and the COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus has had a massive impact on our lives. Digital health apps are helping in the fight and this is leading to a change in public attitudes.

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Digital health conferences 2020: Coronavirus update

Coronavirus has led to many digital health conferences being cancelled, postponed or moved online. Here, we give an update on the main conferences in Europe.

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How to build a telemedicine app to fight Coronavirus

The Coronavirus pandemic is causing major disruption to our lives. It's also creating unprecedented demand for digital health solutions, especially telemedicine. Here, we explain how to develop such an app rapidly without sacrificing privacy and data protection.

Das DVG: Eine Chance für digitale Gesundheit

Das DVG ermöglicht es, dass digitale Gesundheits-Apps von Ärzten verschrieben werden können und von den Kassen bezahlt werden. Im Rahmen des FastTracks werden ab Mai die ersten digitalen Gesundheitsanwendungen (DiGA) genehmigt. Lesen Sie weiter, um mehr zu erfahren

Digital Health Innovation

The DVG: an opportunity for digital health

DVG lets doctors prescribe digital health apps on health insurance. With the fast-track, the first apps will be approved from May. Read on to find out more.

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Coronavirus: Challenges and opportunities for digital health

The Coronavirus pandemic threatens to overwhelm health services. Tacking it requires extreme measures to prevent infection. In this blog, we explore how the pandemic is impacting healthcare, and how digital health has the potential to save the day.

GDPR Compliance

eBooks for health and medical app security

Get the latest on Health and Medical App Security - and learn how you can make your Apps secure. From 2014 onwards our team was working on these topics and prepared some eBooks and video recordings for you.

Data Protection

Digital health and cybersecurity threats

The cybersecurity threat is hardly new. But the growth of digitisation in key areas of our lives, such as healthcare, makes it ever-more significant. Recently, our CEO, Jovan Stevovic, discussed this topic in a panel at LSX World Congress in London.

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Healthcare leadership conferences 2020

In the year, we will travel across the world to the events in digital health. This short blog post will provide you with a summary of the best conferences for healthcare leadership and why you should consider going.

MDR

Classifying software under the MDR

Digital health applications are routinely used to inform or drive clinical treatments. This means they need to prove they are both safe and effective. Read on to find out how to classify such applications under the MDR.

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Regulations and standards for digital health applications

As many of you know, we just released a new guide. This gives an overview of the regulations and standards you need to know if you are developing digital health applications. Following feedback from eagle-eyed readers, we have made a couple of changes and clarifications.

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Best podcasts for digital health leaders

Digital health industry is changing fast. Stay on top of healthcare industry developments by listening to the best podcasts on the market. In this blogpost we share the best podcasts that will help you to navigate in this complex environment.

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Faces of digital health - an interview with Jovan Stevovic

There is still work to be done on GDPR to make it healthcare specific. At the moment, it is very general compared to HIPPA in the US, which is very specific

Digital Health Innovation

Top 3 eBooks for digital health app developers

Are you developing a digital health app? As you know, this is a highly regulated field. Our experts have prepared 3 eBooks that will answer all your questions about regulations and compliance.

GDPR Compliance

2019 – a big year for digital health

2019 was a big year for digital health and data protection. As the festive season draws near, let's look back at the key events of the year.

Anonymization

A guide to health data analytics and BI

Analytics and BI are essential for business. But what if you handle sensitive health data? Here, we explain what you need for health data BI and analytics.

Data Protection

Digital therapeutics: A new business model for eHealth

Digital therapeutics is the next big thing in digital health. Governments globally are legislating to give access to digital health apps for treatment. As a developer, this offers new ways to monetise your application. But it brings strict requirements for quality, data protection and data security.

Data Protection

Why data security is critical for healthcare

After every major data breach, people wonder how secure their personal data is. They briefly panic about it, but within days they have forgotten. For companies, the story is similar. All too often, they are lulled into a false sense of security about their own data security policies.

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Chino.io at XPOMET in Berlin

Chino.io are attending XPOMET, the Next Generation Healthcare Festival in Berlin. The event runs from 10-12 October and we will be there on all three days.

GDPR Compliance

Podcast on GDPR & MDR for digital health

MDR is huge for digital health companies. However, MDR certification requires GDPR compliance. Our CEO Dr Jovan Stevovic talks about this important aspect.

GDPR Compliance

Free training MDR and GDPR

Recently, Chino.io joined forces with SoftComply to present an introductory webinar on MDR and GDPR. Here's your chance to watch if you missed it.

Health Data Security

How pharma can use health data

Health data is important for pharma companies. Here, we look at the data protection implications and discuss how pharma companies can collect and use health data compliantly.

Data Breaches

Health data breach affects 24 million

A health data breach has revealed millions of patient records on the Internet. This highlights the critical importance of data security in healthcare.