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RS ISO 22857: 2013
Health informatics — Guidelines on data protection to facilitate trans-border flows of personal health data

Abstract

This International Standard provides guidance on data protection requirements to facilitate the transfer
of personal health data across national or jurisdictional borders.
It does not require the harmonization of existing national or jurisdictional standards, legislation or
regulations. It is normative only in respect of international or trans-jurisdictional exchange of personal
health data. However it can be informative with respect to the protection of health information within
national/jurisdictional boundaries and provide assistance to national or jurisdictional bodies involved
in the development and implementation of data protection principles.
This International Standard covers both the data protection principles that apply to international or
trans-jurisdictional transfers and the security policy which an organization adopts to ensure compliance
with those principles.
Where a multilateral treaty between a number of countries has been agreed (e.g. the EU Data Protection
Directive), the terms of that treaty will take precedence.
This International Standard aims to facilitate international and trans-jurisdictional health-related
applications involving the transfer of personal health data. It seeks to provide the means by which health
data relating to data subjects, such as patients, will be adequately protected when sent to, and processed
in, another country/jurisdiction.
This International Standard does not provide definitive legal advice but comprises guidance. When
applying the guidance to a particular application, legal advice appropriate to that application can be
sought.
National privacy and data protection requirements vary substantially and can change relatively quickly.
Whereas this International Standard in general encompasses the more stringent of international and
national requirements it nevertheless comprises a minimum. Some countries/jurisdictions may have
some more stringent and particular requirements

General Information

Code	Classification	Theme	Pages	Publisher	Availability
RS ISO 22857: 2013	ADOPTED ISO STANDARDS	Health care technology	67	Second Edition	Available