juridical Protection of Personal health information intelemedicine in the mercosur

Abstract

This paper considers the legislation in MercosUr about the protection of personalinformation in Telemedicine. as Telemedicine is a new way of exercising medicinethat involves new juridical challenges, we consider the topic within the general legalframework of the MercosUr. MercosUr is 20 years old and can be properlyanalyzed to verify how it has dealt with the topic of Telemedicine. Telemedicineinvolves different issues such as the problem of liability, the authorization to practicetelemedicine, the protection of personal information, the system of payment andreimbursement, the informed consent and the relation between doctor and patient. Weanalyze only the protection of personal health information. We found out that there isno specific regulation of Telemedicine in the legal framework of practising medicinein MercosUr. We also analyzed the norms in argentina and Brazil to draw someconclusions. Finally, we propose some guidelines for public policyThis paperconsiders the legislation in MercosUr about the protection of personalinformation in Telemedicine. as Telemedicine is a new way of exercising medicinethat involves new juridical challenges, we consider the topic within the general legalframework of the MercosUr. MercosUr is 20 years old and can be properlyanalyzed to verify how it has dealt with the topic of Telemedicine. Telemedicineinvolves different issues such as the problem of liability, the authorization to practicetelemedicine, the protection of personal information, the system of payment andreimbursement, the informed consent and the relation between doctor and patient. Weanalyze only the protection of personal health information. We found out that there isno specific regulation of Telemedicine in the legal framework of practising medicinein MercosUr. We also analyzed the norms in argentina and Brazil to draw someconclusions. Finally, we propose some guidelines for public policy