Health Record Rights Index · country brief · this country's data as of 2026-10-02
Who holds the health record in Argentina?
In 2026, Argentina scores 48 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 55= of 198 countries (likely range 46 to 81), in the Mixed band (45 to 64). Who holds the keys: Shared. Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-02.
The person has real controls inside a state or provider system. Its strongest right against the other countries is patient control and consent (48, against a median of 30 across 198 countries); its weakest is privacy and security (42, median 45).
Argentine law makes patients owners of their record, and a national app lets people refuse network sharing, but the network is still young.
Published · updated · this country's data as of 2026-10-02 · research tool, not legal advice
48overall, of 100 · Mixed
55=rank of 198
Sharedwho holds the keys
mediumconfidence
87 · Goldevidence grade (DTI)
Can I get my health records in Argentina?
Access to the full record scores 60 of 100 in Argentina, against a median of 43 across 198 countries. Ley 26.529 makes the patient the owner of the clinical record, with an authenticated copy due within 48 hours. The Mi Argentina app shows vaccines, 60 days of e-prescriptions and records from connected facilities, not the full chart; usage figures were not verified.
Can I control who sees my health record in Argentina?
Control and consent scores 48 of 100 in Argentina, against a median of 30 across 198 countries. Official pages say facilities on the national network can see a record unless the person explicitly refuses, using privacy settings in Mi Argentina. A patient-visible access log is described only as design intent; use of the opt-out was not verified.
Eight rights, against United States, El Salvador, Peru and the EU
Patient access to the full record20%
60
50 · 50 · 45
Patient control and consent20%
48
35 · 45 · 44
Privacy and security15%
42
50 · 42 · 50
Connected care journey15%
45
60 · 52 · 35
Protection from commercial use10%
45
38 · 48 · 55
Clinician access at the point of care10%
42
55 · 55 · 34
Research and trial consent5%
49
49 · 46 · 49
Clinical AI governance5%
40
56 · 35 · 56
Black dot: Argentina. Hollow dots: United States, El Salvador, Peru (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 198 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Argentina 48, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; read the rank with its likely range.
What would Argentina need to change to score higher?
Argentina sits in Mixed (45 to 64); Strong starts at 65. The two rights furthest below the 198-country median, weighted, are privacy and security (42, median 45) and protection from commercial use (45, median 45). The published rubric reads:
Privacy and security: Health-sector enforcement on the record: an independent regulator deciding health-data cases, breach notification and penalties applied.
Protection from commercial use: Clear limits on selling health data or using it for marketing, covering apps and data brokers as well as providers.
Which laws give health record rights in Argentina?
Ley 26.529 (derechos del paciente, historia clinica y consentimiento informado) (2009): Patient owns the record; authenticated copy within 48 hours; confidentiality; habeas data if refused.
Ley 25.326 (proteccion de los datos personales) (2000): Health is sensitive data; consent to pass data on; ten-day access right; AAIP enforces.
Ley 27.706 (historias clinicas electronicas) (2023): Federal program for a single interoperable electronic record system; patient owns data with free access.
Strain and split context, not scored
Doctors per 10,000
50.9 2023
Nurses and midwives per 10,000
64.9 2023
Private insurance + out-of-pocket
38.2% 2023
Record reaches private care?
unknown
Published stories
2024-12-03 · La Nación Cyberattack locked databases at three medical testing centres, delaying patients' results
2025-04-05 · Tiempo Argentino Hackers offer 665,128 patients' test results for sale after attack on software supplier
In 2026, Argentina scored 48 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record, rank 55= of 198 countries (likely range 46 to 81) (Mixed; who holds the keys: Shared). Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-02, https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/ARG/
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OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (38 mostly high-income countries). DTI: SuperTruth's Data Trust Index, grading the evidence behind each score. Everything here comes from public information: laws, government and regulator pages, court decisions, published news, WHO, OECD and World Bank data. Full sources: https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/ARG/#sources. SuperTruth built this index and sells health data verification products; no one paid to be included. Research tool, not legal advice. Text and scores CC BY 4.0.
