The present article deals with the Italian Electronic Health Record (hereinafter EHR), recently introduced by Act 221/2012, with a specific focus on personal data protection. Privacy issues - e.g., informed consent, data processing, patients' rights and minors' will - are discussed within the framework of recent e-Health legislation, national Data Protection Code, the related Data Protection Authority pronouncements and EU law. The paper is aimed at discussing the problems arising from a complex, fragmentary and sometimes uncertain legal framework on e-Health.

Bologna, S., Bellavista, A., Corso, P.P., Zangara, G. (2016). Electronic Health Record in Italy and Personal Data Protection. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH LAW, 23(3), 265-277 [10.1163/15718093-12341403].

Electronic Health Record in Italy and Personal Data Protection

BOLOGNA, Silvio;BELLAVISTA, Alessandro;CORSO, Pietro Paolo;ZANGARA, Gianluca
2016-01-01

Abstract

The present article deals with the Italian Electronic Health Record (hereinafter EHR), recently introduced by Act 221/2012, with a specific focus on personal data protection. Privacy issues - e.g., informed consent, data processing, patients' rights and minors' will - are discussed within the framework of recent e-Health legislation, national Data Protection Code, the related Data Protection Authority pronouncements and EU law. The paper is aimed at discussing the problems arising from a complex, fragmentary and sometimes uncertain legal framework on e-Health.
2016
Bologna, S., Bellavista, A., Corso, P.P., Zangara, G. (2016). Electronic Health Record in Italy and Personal Data Protection. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH LAW, 23(3), 265-277 [10.1163/15718093-12341403].
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