In France, the Health Information Institute (‘INDS’) has begun to accept requests for authorisation to access the new National Health Data System (‘SNDS’), as part of measures brought in by Act No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 (the ‘Reform Law’). Carol Umhoefer (DLA Piper Partner, Miami) and Jeanne Bossi Malafosse, Partner at Delsol Avocats, assess the new authorisation procedure for the provision of health data access in France, and consider the issues that may arise from its implementation.

Read their full article which was first published in Digital Health Legal.