The Regional Health Agency shall have access to the data it needs to perform its duties contained in the information systems of health care and medico-social establishments and services and, under the conditions laid down in Article L. 1461-2, to the data of health insurance bodies and the Caisse nationale de solidarité pour l’autonomie. It also has access, under the conditions defined in III of article L. 1461-3, to data from the national health data system.
The Regional Health Agency is kept informed by the bodies located within its jurisdiction of any project concerning the organisation and operation of their information systems. The Director General of the Agency shall determine, on the basis of the health situation, for each establishment, service and body, the useful data that it must transmit on a regular basis, in particular the availability of beds and places. The Director General of the Agency also decides how often data from healthcare and medico-social establishments and services should be updated and transmitted.
Regional Health Agency staff only have access to personal health data if it is strictly necessary for the performance of their duties. They are bound by professional secrecy. When this data is used for research purposes, it does not include the name or registration number of the national register for the identification of natural persons, and precautions are taken to ensure that access can be traced, in compliance with law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms.