Health Record Rights Index · country brief · this country's data as of 2026-10-02
Who holds the health record in Chile?
In 2026, Chile scores 39 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 99= of 198 countries (likely range 75 to 127), in the Weak band (25 to 44). Who holds the keys: Institutional. Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-02.
Providers and insurers decide. Its strongest right against the other countries is patient control and consent (35, against a median of 30 across 198 countries); its weakest is privacy and security (40, median 45).
Chilean law gives patients a free, portable copy of their record, but records stay provider by provider and the new data law may slip.
Published · updated · this country's data as of 2026-10-02 · research tool, not legal advice
39overall, of 100 · Weak
99=rank of 198
Institutionalwho holds the keys
mediumconfidence
91 · Platinumevidence grade (DTI)
Can I get my health records in Chile?
Access to the full record scores 45 of 100 in Chile, against a median of 43 across 198 countries. Ley 20.584 Article 13 gives patients a free, complete copy of their record in a structured, portable format, but only on request to each provider. The national Portal Paciente shows vaccines, GES guarantees and waiting lists, not the clinical record.
Can I control who sees my health record in Chile?
Control and consent scores 35 of 100 in Chile, against a median of 30 across 198 countries. The law bars staff not involved in care from the record and makes providers log who opens it, but patients have no opt-out, consent switch or visible log. Scored at the top of the lowest band because no national sharing system is live.
Eight rights, against Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica and the EU
Patient access to the full record20%
45
45 · 45 · 40
Patient control and consent20%
35
35 · 30 · 30
Privacy and security15%
40
45 · 44 · 48
Connected care journey15%
38
35 · 35 · 30
Protection from commercial use10%
42
40 · 40 · 50
Clinician access at the point of care10%
35
30 · 30 · 30
Research and trial consent5%
50
46 · 43 · 46
Clinical AI governance5%
30
25 · 28 · 25
Black dot: Chile. Hollow dots: Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 198 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Chile 39, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; read the rank with its likely range.
What would Chile need to change to score higher?
Chile sits in Weak (25 to 44); Mixed starts at 45. The two rights furthest below the 198-country median, weighted, are privacy and security (40, median 45) and protection from commercial use (42, 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 Chile?
Ley 20.584 (derechos y deberes de los pacientes) (2012): Confidential record kept 15 years; free, structured, portable copy for the patient on request.
Ley 21.668 (interoperabilidad de las fichas clinicas) (2024): Makes providers responsible for record interoperability; treating professionals get essential data for continuity.
Ley 19.628 (proteccion de la vida privada) (1999): Current data law; sensitive data need consent or a legal basis; enforced through the courts.
Strain and split context, not scored
Doctors per 10,000
34.9 2024 · OECD 25 of 38
Nurses and midwives per 10,000
47.2 2024 · OECD 32 of 38
Private insurance + out-of-pocket
40.5% 2023 · OECD 2 of 35
Record reaches private care?
split
Compulsory private insurance, counted separately: 7.7% of health spending (2023).
"The Clinic reported that public and private systems remain far from interoperable."
Published stories
2026-04-23 · Poder Judicial de Chile, Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago (rol 24.909-2025) Court orders clinic to give a deceased patient's record to his children
2026-05-07 · BioBioChile (BBCL Investiga) Lookup website showed patients' diagnoses to anyone who typed in their ID number
In 2026, Chile scored 39 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record, rank 99= of 198 countries (likely range 75 to 127) (Weak; who holds the keys: Institutional). Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-02, https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/CHL/
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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/CHL/#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.
