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New Technologies, Telemedicine, eHealth, Data...What Are You Talking About? The Lawyer’s Point of View

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Today, it is undeniable that new information and communication technologies have been widely introduced in hospitals and clinics as well as in medical practices. The doctor, who is then connected, is vigorously accompanied on a daily basis by his patient, sometimes asking for a 24-hour medical surveillance.

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Williatte-Pellitteri, L. (2019). New Technologies, Telemedicine, eHealth, Data...What Are You Talking About? The Lawyer’s Point of View. In: André, A. (eds) Digital Medicine. Health Informatics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98216-8_9

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