| Country |
Document |
| Egypt |
E-Health – Increasing
Health Services Availability
http://www.mcit.gov.eg/Egy_vis_infosoc_5_1.asp |
| South Africa |
Electronic Communications and Transactions Act [No.
25 of 2002] |
| Zambia |
Zambia Health Management
Information System (HMIS)
http://www.iicd.org/stories/articles/Story.import3993 |
| Canada |
Access to Information Act
(Revised Statutes of Canada 1985, c. A-1)
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/A-1/index.html |
As of January 2002, the
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) (Statutes of Canada
2000, c. 5) applies to personal health information collected, used, or disclosed in the
course of commercial activities across provincial/territorial and national boundaries.
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/P-8.6/text.html |
Privacy Act (Revised Statutes
of Canada 1985, c. P-21) applies to the public sector.
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/P-21/text.html |
Statistics Act (Revised
Statutes of Canada 1985, c. S-19) applies to collected patient-identifiable health
information.
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/S-19/text.html |
| European
Union |
Communication from the
Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social
Committee and the Committee of the Regions: "e-Health - making healthcare better for
European citizens: An action plan for a European e-Health Area" - COM (2004) 356
final
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/cnc/2004/com2004_0356en01.pdf |
COMMUNICATION FROM THE
COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THEEUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE
ANDTHE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS eEurope 2002: Quality Criteria for Health related Websites
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/cnc/2002/com2002_0667en01.pdf |
Health Telematics Working
Group of the High Level Committee on Health: FinalReport
http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_overview/Documents/hlch_health_telematics_final_report_en.pdf |
COMMUNICATION FROM THE
COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND
THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS on the health strategy of the European Community
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2000/en_500PC0285.pdf |
A concept paper on the
implementation of Strand 1 on health information and knowledge in the future action
programme on public health
http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_information/concept%20paper-en.pdf |