Terms of Use

Scope and Subject of the Terms of Use

Under the consortium leadership of Heidelberg University Hospital (Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Rheumatology – Internal Medicine V and Department of General Pediatrics, Neuropediatrics, Metabolism, Gastroenterology, Nephrology – Pediatric Medicine I), the project “INTEGRATE-ATMP: Integrated Care for New Therapies through Telemedicine, Empowerment, Gene Therapeutics, Registry Establishment, Medicinal Safety, Treatment Pathways, and Reimbursement” is being conducted. For this purpose, the University Hospital Heidelberg operates the present website.

The main objectives of INTEGRATE-ATMP are to create standardized healthcare structures and sustainably improve the structure, process, and outcome quality for the economic and quality-assured application of ATMPs in Germany. The new healthcare model involves the phased implementation of structural measures to improve care and ensure the treatment quality for ATMP patients. Key interventions include the introduction of cross-sectoral, structured treatment plans, a cross-indication ATMP registry, and a telemedicine platform with a possible interface for federal authorities. All these structural measures will be evaluated, and their effects on health-related quality of life, patient satisfaction, and satisfaction of healthcare providers will be measured as part of health services research.

These General Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as “Terms of Use”) govern all services offered by Heidelberg University Hospital in connection with the website to users. The Terms of Use can be viewed, downloaded, and printed in their current version at any time via the website.

Changes to the Terms of Use

Heidelberg University Hospital is entitled to change or supplement the content of these Terms of Use at any time, with appropriate notice.
Changes will only be made for valid reasons, particularly due to new technological developments, changes in legal rulings, or other equivalent reasons.

Data Protection

Heidelberg University Hospital processes personal data exclusively in accordance with the applicable data protection laws.
Heidelberg University Hospital takes appropriate measures to protect stored personal data from misuse, loss, unauthorized access, unauthorized modification, or unauthorized disclosure, such as by using physical security measures and restricted access to electronic data systems. For further details regarding data protection, please refer to the privacy policy.

Warranty and Liability

The University Hospital Heidelberg is not liable for the functionality of data lines to the servers of operators in cases of power outages, lightning strikes, or natural disasters, nor for performance restrictions or failures resulting from force majeure or events that regularly make performance significantly more difficult or impossible. This includes, in particular, strikes, lockouts, official orders, failure of communication networks and gateways of other operators, disturbances in the area of the respective line provider, as well as disturbances within the risk area of other network providers.

The University Hospital Heidelberg is liable only in cases of intent or gross negligence. For damages resulting from simple negligence on the part of the University Hospital Heidelberg or any of its agents, the consortium is only liable if a significant contractual obligation is violated, whose fulfillment enables the proper execution of the contract, whose violation jeopardizes the achievement of the contract’s purpose, or on which the user could reasonably rely.

In the case of simple negligence, liability is limited to compensation for the typical, foreseeable damage.

  • The above limitations of liability also apply to the employees and agents of Heidelberg University Hospital.

  • These limitations do not apply to damages caused by Heidelberg University Hospital, its legal representatives, or agents resulting from injury to life, body, or health, nor to liability under the Product Liability Act.

Final Provisions

  • Should these Terms of Use be incomplete or become unenforceable or invalid in certain provisions, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force.
  • An enforceable provision shall replace the unenforceable provision, which comes closest in terms of its effects to the economic objective pursued by the parties with the unenforceable provision.
  • In cases where provisions are not part of the contract, are incomplete, or are invalid, the content of the contract shall be governed by the statutory provisions.
  • The complete text of the contract is not stored by the University Hospital Heidelberg and, therefore, cannot be made available to the user after the conclusion of the contract. It is therefore advisable for the user to keep a copy of the displayed contract text. The contract data can be printed or electronically secured via the browser’s print function.
  • The language provided for the conclusion of the contract is exclusively German. Translations into other languages are for informational purposes only. In case of discrepancies between the German text and the translation, the German text shall prevail.
  • For contracts concluded based on these Terms of Use and for any claims arising from them, regardless of their nature, only the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply, excluding the provisions of the UN Sales Convention on the Sale of Goods and the German international private law.