Chapter 6. The law on the modernization of our health system: the provisions regarding health data

Abstract

The Law on the Modernization of our Health System passed in 2016 exteds the scope of the medical secrecy by creating the patients’ shared health record. All health professionnals involved in the care pathway have an access to all recorded information. The patient can access to it via a dedicated Internet website. The implementing decrees of this facility determine the modalities to share the information and frame the creation of this automated processing of personal data. At last, this law creates an open and secure access to helath data in the interest of collectivity. This open data in health is placed under the governance of the Health Data National Institute.