URGENCY OF LEGAL PROTECTION FOR PATIENTS PERSONAL DATA IN TECHNOLOGY-BASED HEALTH SERVICES IN INDONESIA

Abstract

ABSTRACT Indonesia is a country that until now has not have a single law laws specifically regulating the protection of personal data. Lately there have been many cases in the community regarding the misuse of personal data. Especially with the increasingly easy public access to the internet so that the misuse of personal data through electronic media will spread quickly. In the field of health services, the patient's personal data can not be separated from the possibility of abuse. It would be even more dangerous if the personal data is a trace of the patient's medical record which is indeed highly confidential. The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in health services aims to improve access, efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of medical processes that involve medical service organizations in hospitals, clinics, health centers, medical practitioners both doctors and therapists, laboratories, pharmacies, insurance also involving patients as consumers. However, in the process of service using the E-health program, it will collect a number of consumer personal data which is sensitive personal data and lead to new legal issues, namely the extent to which the health service provider can protect patient personal data can be accessed, disseminated more easily through the progress of ICT. Until now the existing regulations (exisiting law) have not provided maximum protection for patient personal data because the arrangements are still sectoral and are scattered in several laws and regulations.

 

Keyword : Urgency, Legal Protection, Personal Data