Comparison between countries in the Andean Countries subregion

The information is organized according to the five main categories for implementing EHR systems:

  • Aspects specific to EHRBO#ffcc450.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationBO#ffcc4575.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsBO#ffcc4560.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataBO#ffcc4575.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityBO#ffcc450.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRCO#a45e2475.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationCO#a45e24100.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsCO#a45e2480.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataCO#a45e24100.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityCO#a45e2450.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHREC#55bf9575.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationEC#55bf95100.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsEC#55bf95100.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataEC#55bf9575.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityEC#55bf95100.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRPE#166262100.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationPE#166262100.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsPE#166262100.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataPE#166262100.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityPE#166262100.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRVE#e66b250.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationVE#e66b25100.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsVE#e66b2560.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataVE#e66b2550.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityVE#e66b2550.0000

Region: Andean Region

In this section, all the countries of the Andean subregion are distributed according to the progress made on their regulatory framework for implementing electronic health records.

  • Bolivia47,375BO#ffcc45
  • Bolivia47,375BO#ffcc45
  • Bolivia47,375BO#ffcc45
  • Bolivia47,375BO#ffcc45
  • Colombia84,218CO#a45e24
  • Colombia84,218CO#a45e24
  • Colombia84,218CO#a45e24
  • Colombia84,218CO#a45e24
  • Ecuador89,4711EC#55bf95
  • Ecuador89,4711EC#55bf95
  • Ecuador89,4711EC#55bf95
  • Ecuador89,4711EC#55bf95
  • Peru100,0022PE#166262
  • Peru100,0022PE#166262
  • Peru100,0022PE#166262
  • Peru100,0022PE#166262
  • Venezuela52,6326VE#e66b25
  • Venezuela52,6326VE#e66b25
  • Venezuela52,6326VE#e66b25
  • Venezuela52,6326VE#e66b25
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Categories and dimensions for: Países Andinos

This section presents the level of progress of the subregión Andina in developing the different dimensions of the five categories being analyzed.

Aspects specific to EHR
Patient data protection and secondary use of information
Actions of health professionals
Role of patients in relation to their health data
Standards for health and EHR interoperability

Country-by-country breakdown of: Andean Region

This section provides links to the main legal texts of each country for the different categories and dimensions of their regulatory framework.

Specific regulations on EHR
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Type of information in EHR
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Minimum data to be included in EHR
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Regulations on the transition from paper to electronic health records
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Personal data protection
Information exchange at the national level
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Security in storing patient data
Secondary use of health information
Digital signature of professionals
Electronic documents
Access restrictions
Access in emergencies
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Electronic prescriptions
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Consent to use personal health data
  • Law No. 164

    General Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Communications Act, Article 56

Patient identification and authentication
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Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
  • Law No. 164

    General Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Communication Act, Article 56

Patients' access to their personal health data
  • Law No. 164

    General Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Communication Act, Article 56

Interoperability and standards
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Codes and standards for health
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Specific regulations on EHR
  • Law No. 2015

    Creates interoperable electronic health records and establishes other provisions - Article 2

Type of information in EHR
  • Law No. 2015

    Creates interoperable electronic health records and establishes other provisions - Article 8

Minimum data to be included in EHR
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Regulations on the transition from paper to electronic health records
  • Law No. 2015

    Creates interoperable electronic health records and establishes other provisions - Article 15

Personal data protection
Information exchange at the national level
  • Law No. 2015

    Creates interoperable electronic health records and establishes other provisions - Article 2

Security in storing patient data
Secondary use of health information
Digital signature of professionals
  • Law No. 527 of 1999

    Defines and regulates access to and use of data messages, e-commerce, and digital signatures, and establishes the certification entities and other provisions - Article 28

Electronic documents
  • Law No. 527 of 1999

    Defines and regulates access to and use of data messages, e-commerce, and digital signatures, and establishes the certification entities and other provisions.

  • Decree No. 1413 of 2017

    General guidelines on the use and operation of digital citizen services

Access restrictions
  • Resolution No. 1995 of 1999

    Addresses the security of the physical medical record - Articles 14 and 18

  • Law No. 2015

    Creates interoperable electronic health records and establishes other provisions - Articles 1 and 13

Access in emergencies
Electronic prescriptions
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Consent to use personal health data
Patient identification and authentication
Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
Patients' access to their personal health data
Interoperability and standards
  • Law No. 2015

    Creates interoperable electronic health records and establishes other provisions - Article 2

Codes and standards for health
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Specific regulations on EHR
Type of information in EHR
  • Regulation No. 0009-2017

    Article 8 - The regulations governing health records shall establish which data will be included in the Electronic Health Record, although the health facilities of the National Health System may include additional data they require in their information systems, as long as this does not violate the regulations in force.

  • Regulation No. 00005216-A

    Article 38 - Personal health record: a legal medical document containing a detailed and orderly record of all data related to a patient or user, including information on the individual and their relatives, history, current status, and changing condition, as well as the procedures and treatments they have undergone.

Minimum data to be included in EHR
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Regulations on the transition from paper to electronic health records
  • Regulation No. 0009-2017

    Regulations for the management of the electronic health record - Sole General Provision and Transition Provisions

Personal data protection
Information exchange at the national level
Security in storing patient data
Secondary use of health information
Digital signature of professionals
Electronic documents
  • Law No. 2002-67

    Electronic commerce, electronic signatures, and data messages - Article 2

Access restrictions
Access in emergencies
Electronic prescriptions
  • Regulation No. 0098-2020

    The Regulation is issued to establish the content and requirements of the medical prescription and control of the prescription, dispensing and sale of medicines for human use and consumption Articles 2 and 3

Consent to use personal health data
Patient identification and authentication
Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
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Patients' access to their personal health data
Interoperability and standards
Codes and standards for health
Specific regulations on EHR
Type of information in EHR
Minimum data to be included in EHR
Regulations on the transition from paper to electronic health records
Personal data protection
  • Law No. 29733

    Personal Data Protection Act, its regulations approved by Supreme Decree No. 003-2013-JUS, and the Information Security Directive issued by the authority

Information exchange at the national level
Security in storing patient data
Secondary use of health information
Digital signature of professionals
Electronic documents
Access restrictions
Access in emergencies
Electronic prescriptions
Consent to use personal health data
  • Law No. 29414

    Establishes the rights of individual users of health services - Article 15.4

  • Law No. 26842

    General Health Act, Articles 4 and 5

Patient identification and authentication
Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
  • Law No. 30024

    Creates the National Registry of Electronic Health Records

Patients' access to their personal health data
  • Law No. 30024

    Creates the National Registry of Electronic Health Records - Article 4

  • Law No. 29414

    Establishes the rights of individual users of health services - Article 24

  • Law No. 26842

    General Health Act, Articles 4 and 5

Interoperability and standards
Codes and standards for health
Specific regulations on EHR
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Type of information in EHR
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Minimum data to be included in EHR
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Regulations on the transition from paper to electronic health records
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Personal data protection
  • Telehealth Act

    Confidentiality of information

  • Decree No. 9051

    Access to and Electronic Exchange of Data, Information, and Documentation Between Government Bodies and Entities Act, Article 34

Information exchange at the national level
  • Telehealth Act

    Confidentiality of information - Articles 4 and 5

  • Decree No. 9051

    Access to and Electronic Exchange of Data, Information, and Documentation Between Government Bodies and Entities Act, Article 34

Security in storing patient data
Secondary use of health information
  • Decree No. 9051

    Access to and Electronic Exchange of Data, Information, and Documentation Between Government Bodies and Entities Act, Article 43

Digital signature of professionals
Electronic documents
Access restrictions
  • Decree No. 9051

    Access to and Electronic Exchange of Data, Information, and Documentation Between Government Bodies and Entities Act, Article 32

Access in emergencies
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Electronic prescriptions
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Consent to use personal health data
  • Decree No. 9051

    Access to and Electronic Exchange of Data, Information, and Documentation Between Government Bodies and Entities Act, Article 7

Patient identification and authentication
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Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
  • Decree No. 9051

    Access to and Electronic Exchange of Data, Information, and Documentation Between Government Bodies and Entities Act, Article 9

Patients' access to their personal health data
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Interoperability and standards
  • Decree No. 9051

    Access to and Electronic Exchange of Data, Information, and Documentation Between Government Bodies and Entities Act, Definitions section:11. Interoperable information service: A service that gathers, processes, recycles, and provides data, information, and documents, as required by the government bodies and entities, in an appropriate, reliable, timely, and easily accessible manner Article 35: Open standards and free software: Interoperable information systems and information services shall be developed using open standards and free software. Data Messages and Electronic Signatures Act, Article 27: Measures to ensure reliability: The Superintendency of Electronic Certification Services may take any necessary preventive or corrective measures to ensure the reliability of services provided by certification service providers. To this end, it may order, among other measures, the use of internationally accepted standards or practices for electronic certification services, or order providers to refrain from any activity that could compromise the integrity or proper use of the service.

Codes and standards for health
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This dashboard reflects the results of a survey and analysis of 115 legal texts, most of which were accessed on the legal information web portals of the 26 countries in the region. The conceptual framework used to create the dashboard is based on the findings of the literature on this field. Three studies in particular were key to the tool’s development: