Comparison between countries in the Caribbean Countries subregion

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

  • Aspects specific to EHRBS#981b270.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationBS#981b27100.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsBS#981b2740.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataBS#981b27100.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityBS#981b270.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRBB#58595b0.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationBB#58595b100.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsBB#58595b40.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataBB#58595b100.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityBB#58595b0.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRDO#3d793d0.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationDO#3d793d100.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsDO#3d793d40.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataDO#3d793d100.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityDO#3d793d0.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRGY#3370860.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationGY#33708650.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsGY#33708640.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataGY#33708675.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityGY#3370860.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRHT#53ce390.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationHT#53ce390.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsHT#53ce390.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataHT#53ce390.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityHT#53ce390.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRJM#8987840.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationJM#898784100.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsJM#89878440.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataJM#898784100.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityJM#8987840.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRSR#c856770.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationSR#c856770.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsSR#c8567740.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataSR#c856770.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilitySR#c856770.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRTT#974c4c0.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationTT#974c4c100.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsTT#974c4c40.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataTT#974c4c75.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityTT#974c4c0.0000

Region: Caribbean Region

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

  • Bahamas52,632BS#981b27
  • Bahamas52,632BS#981b27
  • Bahamas52,632BS#981b27
  • Bahamas52,632BS#981b27
  • Barbados52,633BB#58595b
  • Barbados52,633BB#58595b
  • Barbados52,633BB#58595b
  • Barbados52,633BB#58595b
  • Dominican Republic52,6310DO#3d793d
  • Dominican Republic52,6310DO#3d793d
  • Dominican Republic52,6310DO#3d793d
  • Dominican Republic52,6310DO#3d793d
  • Guyana36,8414GY#337086
  • Guyana36,8414GY#337086
  • Guyana36,8414GY#337086
  • Guyana36,8414GY#337086
  • Haiti0,0015HT#53ce39
  • Haiti0,0015HT#53ce39
  • Haiti0,0015HT#53ce39
  • Haiti0,0015HT#53ce39
  • Jamaica52,6317JM#898784
  • Jamaica52,6317JM#898784
  • Jamaica52,6317JM#898784
  • Jamaica52,6317JM#898784
  • Suriname10,5323SR#c85677
  • Suriname10,5323SR#c85677
  • Suriname10,5323SR#c85677
  • Suriname10,5323SR#c85677
  • Trinidad and Tobago47,3724TT#974c4c
  • Trinidad and Tobago47,3724TT#974c4c
  • Trinidad and Tobago47,3724TT#974c4c
  • Trinidad and Tobago47,3724TT#974c4c
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Categories and dimensions for: Países del Caribe

This section presents the level of progress of the subregión del Caribe 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: Caribbean 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
  • No data to display
Personal data protection
Information exchange at the national level
Security in storing patient data
Secondary use of health information
Digital signature of professionals
  • No data to display
Electronic documents
  • No data to display
Access restrictions
Access in emergencies
Electronic prescriptions
  • No data to display
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
  • No data to display
Codes and standards for health
  • No data to display
Specific regulations on EHR
  • No data to display
Type of information in EHR
  • No data to display
Minimum data to be included in EHR
  • No data to display
Regulations on the transition from paper to electronic health records
  • No data to display
Personal data protection
Information exchange at the national level
Security in storing patient data
Secondary use of health information
Digital signature of professionals
  • No data to display
Electronic documents
  • No data to display
Access restrictions
Access in emergencies
Electronic prescriptions
  • No data to display
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
  • No data to display
Codes and standards for health
  • No data to display
Specific regulations on EHR
  • No data to display
Type of information in EHR
  • No data to display
Minimum data to be included in EHR
  • No data to display
Regulations on the transition from paper to electronic health records
  • No data to display
Personal data protection
  • Law No. 172-13

    Comprehensive protection of personal data stored in files, public registries, databases, or other technical means of data processing for generating reports, whether public or private - Official Gazette No. 10737 of December 15, 2013 - Article 6

Information exchange at the national level
  • Law No. 172-13

    Comprehensive protection of personal data stored in files, public registries, databases, or other technical means of data processing for generating reports, whether public or private - Official Gazette No. 10737 of December 15, 2013 - Article 78

Security in storing patient data
  • Law No. 172-13

    Comprehensive protection of personal data stored in files, public registries, databases, or other technical means of data processing for generating reports, whether public or private - Official Gazette No. 10737 of December 15, 2013 - Articles 5 and 6

Secondary use of health information
  • Law No. 172-13

    Comprehensive protection of personal data stored in files, public registries, databases, or other technical means of data processing for generating reports, whether public or private - Official Gazette No. 10737 of December 15, 2013 - Article 78

Digital signature of professionals
  • No data to display
Electronic documents
  • No data to display
Access restrictions
  • Law No. 172-13

    Comprehensive protection of personal data stored in files, public registries, databases, or other technical means of data processing for generating reports, whether public or private - Official Gazette No. 10737 of December 15, 2013 - Article 27

Access in emergencies
  • Law No. 172-13

    Comprehensive protection of personal data stored in files, public registries, databases, or other technical means of data processing for generating reports, whether public or private - Official Gazette No. 10737 of December 15, 2013 - Article 27

Electronic prescriptions
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Consent to use personal health data
  • Law No. 172-13

    Comprehensive protection of personal data stored in files, public registries, databases, or other technical means of data processing for generating reports, whether public or private - Official Gazette No. 10737 of December 15, 2013 - Article 76

Patient identification and authentication
  • Law No. 172-13

    Comprehensive protection of personal data stored in files, public registries, databases, or other technical means of data processing for generating reports, whether public or private - Official Gazette No. 10737 of December 15, 2013 - Article 27

Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
  • Law No. 172-13

    Comprehensive protection of personal data stored in files, public registries, databases, or other technical means of data processing for generating reports, whether public or private - Official Gazette No. 10737 of December 15, 2013 - Article 8

Patients' access to their personal health data
  • Law No. 172-13

    Comprehensive protection of personal data stored in files, public registries, databases, or other technical means of data processing for generating reports, whether public or private - Official Gazette No. 10737 of December 15, 2013 - Article 8

Interoperability and standards
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Codes and standards for health
  • No data to display
Specific regulations on EHR
  • No data to display
Type of information in EHR
  • No data to display
Minimum data to be included in EHR
  • No data to display
Regulations on the transition from paper to electronic health records
  • No data to display
Personal data protection
Information exchange at the national level
Security in storing patient data
  • No data to display
Secondary use of health information
  • No data to display
Digital signature of professionals
  • No data to display
Electronic documents
Access restrictions
Access in emergencies
  • No data to display
Electronic prescriptions
  • No data to display
Consent to use personal health data
Patient identification and authentication
  • No data to display
Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
Patients' access to their personal health data
Interoperability and standards
  • No data to display
Codes and standards for health
  • No data to display
Specific regulations on EHR
  • No data to display
Type of information in EHR
  • No data to display
Minimum data to be included in EHR
  • No data to display
Regulations on the transition from paper to electronic health records
  • No data to display
Personal data protection
  • No data to display
Information exchange at the national level
  • No data to display
Security in storing patient data
  • No data to display
Secondary use of health information
  • No data to display
Digital signature of professionals
  • No data to display
Electronic documents
  • No data to display
Access restrictions
  • No data to display
Access in emergencies
  • No data to display
Electronic prescriptions
  • No data to display
Consent to use personal health data
  • No data to display
Patient identification and authentication
  • No data to display
Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
  • No data to display
Patients' access to their personal health data
  • No data to display
Interoperability and standards
  • No data to display
Codes and standards for health
  • No data to display
Specific regulations on EHR
  • No data to display
Type of information in EHR
  • No data to display
Minimum data to be included in EHR
  • No data to display
Regulations on the transition from paper to electronic health records
  • No data to display
Personal data protection
Information exchange at the national level
Security in storing patient data
Secondary use of health information
Digital signature of professionals
  • No data to display
Electronic documents
Access restrictions
Access in emergencies
  • No data to display
Electronic prescriptions
  • No data to display
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
  • No data to display
Codes and standards for health
  • No data to display
Specific regulations on EHR
  • No data to display
Type of information in EHR
  • No data to display
Minimum data to be included in EHR
  • No data to display
Regulations on the transition from paper to electronic health records
  • No data to display
Personal data protection
  • No data to display
Information exchange at the national level
  • No data to display
Security in storing patient data
  • No data to display
Secondary use of health information
  • No data to display
Digital signature of professionals
  • No data to display
Electronic documents
  • No data to display
Access restrictions
  • No data to display
Access in emergencies
  • No data to display
Electronic prescriptions
  • No data to display
Consent to use personal health data
  • No data to display
Patient identification and authentication
  • No data to display
Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
  • No data to display
Patients' access to their personal health data
  • No data to display
Interoperability and standards
  • No data to display
Codes and standards for health
  • No data to display
Specific regulations on EHR
  • No data to display
Type of information in EHR
  • No data to display
Minimum data to be included in EHR
  • No data to display
Regulations on the transition from paper to electronic health records
  • No data to display
Personal data protection
Information exchange at the national level
Security in storing patient data
Secondary use of health information
Digital signature of professionals
  • No data to display
Electronic documents
  • No data to display
Access restrictions
Access in emergencies
Electronic prescriptions
  • No data to display
Consent to use personal health data
Patient identification and authentication
Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
  • No data to display
Patients' access to their personal health data
Interoperability and standards
  • No data to display
Codes and standards for health
  • No data to display

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: