Comparison between countries in the Southern Cone subregion

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

  • Aspects specific to EHRAR#ef425225.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationAR#ef4252100.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsAR#ef4252100.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataAR#ef4252100.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityAR#ef4252100.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRBR#c9912a25.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationBR#c9912a100.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsBR#c9912a100.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataBR#c9912a100.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityBR#c9912a100.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRCL#f6873150.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationCL#f68731100.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsCL#f68731100.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataCL#f68731100.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityCL#f68731100.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRPY#1e978e0.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationPY#1e978e50.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsPY#1e978e20.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataPY#1e978e50.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityPY#1e978e0.0000
  • Aspects specific to EHRUY#ff9b71100.0000
  • Patient data protection and secondary use of informationUY#ff9b71100.0000
  • Actions of health professionalsUY#ff9b71100.0000
  • Role of patients in relation to their health dataUY#ff9b71100.0000
  • Standards for health and EHR interoperabilityUY#ff9b71100.0000

Region: Cono Sur

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

  • Argentina84,211AR#ef4252
  • Argentina84,211AR#ef4252
  • Argentina84,211AR#ef4252
  • Argentina84,211AR#ef4252
  • Brazil84,216BR#c9912a
  • Brazil84,216BR#c9912a
  • Brazil84,216BR#c9912a
  • Brazil84,216BR#c9912a
  • Chile89,477CL#f68731
  • Chile89,477CL#f68731
  • Chile89,477CL#f68731
  • Chile89,477CL#f68731
  • Paraguay26,3221PY#1e978e
  • Paraguay26,3221PY#1e978e
  • Paraguay26,3221PY#1e978e
  • Paraguay26,3221PY#1e978e
  • Uruguay100,0025UY#ff9b71
  • Uruguay100,0025UY#ff9b71
  • Uruguay100,0025UY#ff9b71
  • Uruguay100,0025UY#ff9b71
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Categories and dimensions for: Cono Sur

This section presents the level of progress of the subregión del Cono Sur 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: Southern Cone

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
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
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
Patient identification and authentication
Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
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
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
Patient identification and authentication
Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
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
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
Patient identification and authentication
Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
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
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
Patient identification and authentication
Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
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
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
Patient identification and authentication
Patients’ right to edit their personal health data
Patients' access to their personal health data
Interoperability and standards
Codes and standards for health

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: