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On 3 July 2020, Germany\u2019s Federal Parliament, the Bundestag, passed the Patient Data Protection Act or\u00a0Patientendaten-Schutz-Gesetz<\/a>\u00a0(PDSG). It entered into force less than four months later, on 20 October 2020.<\/p>\n The PDSG is part of a push for the digitalization of the German healthcare system. It introduces a number of innovative digital applications and requirements for the protection of patient information stored in an electronic format.<\/p>\n