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Article L1111-19 of the French Public Health Code

The holder has direct electronic access to the content of his file. He may also access the list of professionals who have access to his shared medical file. They may modify this list at any time. He/she may, at any time, examine the traces of access to his/her record.

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Article L1111-21 of the French Public Health Code

A decree in the Conseil d’Etat, issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés and the national councils of the health professions, shall set the conditions for application of the articles in this section relating to the shared medical record. It specifies the conditions for creating and closing the shared medical record provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 1111-14, the conditions for implementing…

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Article L1111-22 of the French Public Health Code

The collection, exchange or sharing of personal health data necessary for the management of a patient in the course of care provided while the patient is present on the territory of another Member State of the European Union may be carried out by means of a shared medical file made accessible to the professionals involved in this care, under conditions defined by decree. This decree also determines the procedures for…

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Article L1111-23 of the French Public Health Code

In order to promote the coordination, quality, continuity of care and safe dispensing of the medicinal products, products and articles defined in article L. 4211-1 and implantable medical devices, a pharmaceutical record is automatically opened for each beneficiary of the health insurance scheme, unless the beneficiary or his/her legal representative objects. The beneficiary or his/her legal representative is informed of the opening of this file, the conditions under which it…

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Article L1111-24 of the French Public Health Code

The public interest grouping for the development of shared health information systems is funded by a contribution from the compulsory health insurance schemes. The amount of this contribution is set by order of the Minister for Social Security. This grouping may recruit permanent civil servants, as well as non-permanent civil servants with whom it concludes fixed-term or open-ended contracts. It may also employ contract staff under private law governed by…

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Article L1111-25 of the French Public Health Code

This section applies to documents containing personal health data produced, received or stored in the course of prevention, diagnosis, care, compensation for disability, prevention of loss of autonomy, or social and medico-social monitoring activities carried out under the conditions of Article L. 1110-4, by : 1° A health professional, health establishment or health service ; 2° A professional or organisation involved in prevention or care whose conditions of practice or…

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Article L1111-26 of the French Public Health Code

A digital copy of a document referred to in article L. 1111-25, which meets the conditions of reliability set out in the second paragraph of article 1379 of the Civil Code, has the same evidential value as the original paper document. Where a reliable digital copy has been made, the original document may be destroyed before the end of the legal retention period or, failing that, the period provided for…

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Article L1111-28 of the French Public Health Code

The signature affixed to a document referred to in article L. 1111-25 means that: 1° The person cared for has taken note of the content of the document and, where applicable, consents to it; 2° The professional referred to in article L. 1111-25 validates the content of the document. Where the document to which the signature is affixed is created on a digital medium, the signature process complies with the…

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Article L1111-29 of the French Public Health Code

At the request of the persons directly concerned by these documents, the professionals, services, establishments and bodies referred to in article L. 1111-25 may create a document containing personal health data from one or more existing digital documents, without altering the meaning or content, and in compliance with medical confidentiality and the confidentiality of the data collected and processed. The document created in this way is presumed to be reliable…

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