SiRiPrax - Guideline evaluation

The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) reviews multiple aspects of digitalization in the health care sector. Regarding these activities, the BSI conducted a survey between March and May 2023 focusing on the implementation of the “IT-Sicherheitsrichtlinie gem. § 75b SGB V”, a guideline for IT-Security in doctor’s offices, which is published by the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) and the German Federal Association of Sick Fund Dentists (KZBV). The results of this survey are published in the Evaluierung der Evaluierung der IT-Sicherheitsrichtlinie in Arztpraxen.

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In the course of optimising business processes with the help of digitalisation, there has been a significant increase in centralised IT procedures in the health sector in recent years.

The BSI has actively accompanied the requirements for the implemented IT processes and their IT security. In addition, the authority has overseen the preparation of the contents of the IT security guideline in accordance with § 75b SGB--Sozialgesetzbuch V (Social Code Book V), which was put into effect by the Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung (KBV--Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung) and Kassenzahnärztliche Bundesvereinigung (KZBV--Kassenzahnärztliche Bundesvereinigung).

The BSI's information on this IT security guideline is intended to support physicians, psychotherapists and dentists in dealing with content that is not relevant to them and to increase their IT security in accordance with the legislator.