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: Andean Region

This section presents the level of progress of the Andean subregion 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
Type of information in EHR
Minimum data to be included in EHR
Regulations on the transition from paper to electronic health records
Information exchange at the national level
Security in storing patient data
Secondary use of health information
Digital signature of professionals
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: