Strengthening Protection of Personal Data in the Health Sector: A Comparative Analysis of the Tanzanian and German eHealth System.

Freye, Merle and Kenji Kipker, Dennis and Ezekiel, Rindstone B. and Mwamlangala, Doreen F. (2020) Strengthening Protection of Personal Data in the Health Sector: A Comparative Analysis of the Tanzanian and German eHealth System. Datenschutz und Datensicherheit (DuD), 44 (6). 393p-397p. ISSN 1614-0702 (Print); 1862-2607 (Online) (Submitted)

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Abstract

Digitalisation is revolutionising medicine and rapidly spreading in the health sector. eHealth is gaining increasing importance in Tanzania as well as in Germany. This does not only concern awareness of patient rights and more transparency, but also essential questions of data protection and the technical-organisational security of data processing. In an attempt to deal with this process the German legislator has just published the draft Patient Data Protection Act (PDSG-E) in April 2020.2 The following observations will highlight the technical challenges associated with the digitalisation of healthcare on the example of electronic health records (EHR), medical telematics and in the broadest sense eHealth, in a comparison of German and Tanzanian law, and discuss the regulatory requirements derived from this by the legislator.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: 300 Social Sciences > 340 Law
Divisions: Faculty of Law > Faculty of Law
Depositing User: Mr Habibu Kazimzuri
Date Deposited: 04 Oct 2026 10:45
Last Modified: 04 Oct 2026 10:45
URI: http://repository.out.ac.tz/id/eprint/5148

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