Protection of Personal Data in Telemedicine

Abstract

The protection of personal data in telemedicine in the context of current legislation and regulatory acts of the European Union is considered. Social relations in the field of use of personal data in telemedicine are studied, in particular, legal regulation of the use of personal data processed in health care information systems. In the information society, the right to health care and medical care is closely related to the right to access information. The right to access to information is a guarantee of the exercise of the right to health care and medical care, defines its content and contributes to equal access of every person to medical care. It is indicated that ensuring the balance of private and public interests in telemedicine requires differentiation of the conditions for processing personal health data. As an additional condition for the processing of personal data for specific purposes, it is proposed to provide for the consent of the subject of personal data to data processing with the right to refuse processing. Such purposes may include, in particular, the processing of electronic health records in the unified state health information system, the processing of depersonalized personal health data for research purposes. This approach contributes to the protection of public interests in health care and takes into account the autonomy of the will of the subject of personal data, his interests in the field of personal information security, corresponds to approaches to legal regulation in the European Union.