Health Record Rights Index · country brief · this country's data as of 2026-10-01
Who holds the health record in Greece?
In 2026, Greece scores 57 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 34= of 198 countries (likely range 17 to 46), in the Mixed band (45 to 64). Who holds the keys: State. Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-01.
The government decides, with limited individual say. Its strongest right against the other countries is connected care journey (62, against a median of 38 across 198 countries); its weakest is research and trial consent (44, median 46).
Greece put one national record in every patient's phone in 2025, but hospital archives are not yet digitised and per-doctor consent is unclear.
Published · updated · this country's data as of 2026-10-01 · research tool, not legal advice
57overall, of 100 · Mixed
34=rank of 198
Statewho holds the keys
mediumconfidence
86 · Goldevidence grade (DTI)
Can I get my health records in Greece?
Access to the full record scores 66 of 100 in Greece, against a median of 43 across 198 countries. Since May 2025 the national record (EHFY) shows diagnoses, prescriptions, test results and hospital stays in the MyHealth app and citizen portal. The EC still ranks Greece below the EU average, with no imaging reports in its 2024 data.
Can I control who sees my health record in Greece?
Control and consent scores 46 of 100 in Greece, against a median of 30 across 198 countries. Greek law logs every access to the record and lets the patient be told who looked and when. The 2019 law only requires that patients be informed of clinician access; a per-doctor consent or opt-out in the live platform is not verified.
Eight rights, against Andorra, Armenia, Czechia and the EU
Patient access to the full record20%
66
62 · 62 · 60
Patient control and consent20%
46
55 · 70 · 64
Privacy and security15%
56
54 · 50 · 56
Connected care journey15%
62
66 · 62 · 55
Protection from commercial use10%
62
56 · 50 · 60
Clinician access at the point of care10%
58
64 · 48 · 52
Research and trial consent5%
44
50 · 46 · 45
Clinical AI governance5%
54
30 · 40 · 50
Black dot: Greece. Hollow dots: Andorra, Armenia, Czechia (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 198 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Greece 57, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; read the rank with its likely range.
What would Greece need to change to score higher?
Greece sits in Mixed (45 to 64); Strong starts at 65. The two rights furthest below the 198-country median, weighted, are research and trial consent (44, median 46) and clinical AI governance (54, median 30). The published rubric reads:
Research and trial consent: A general opt-out that is honoured, or dynamic or opt-in consent, with a public register of research uses: 55 to 85.
Clinical AI governance: Device regulation of clinical AI with change control and human oversight in force, plus national rules where EU law leaves gaps.
Which laws give health record rights in Greece?
Law 4600/2019, Article 84 (Individual Electronic Health Record) (2019): Lifelong national record; access logging; patient told who accessed; non-waivable ban on employer, insurer, bank use.
Law 3892/2010 (electronic prescriptions and referrals) (2010): Doctors must issue prescriptions and referrals electronically through the IDIKA system.
Law 3418/2005 (Code of Medical Ethics), Article 14 (2005): Patient may see and copy their medical file; files kept 20 years after last visit.
Strain and split context, not scored
Doctors per 10,000
67.1 2023 · OECD 1 of 38
Nurses and midwives per 10,000
41.3 2023 · OECD 34 of 38
Private insurance + out-of-pocket
38.6% 2023 · OECD 5 of 35
Record reaches private care?
partial
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Published stories
2026-05-07 · Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (ΑΠΔΠΧ), decision 13/2026 Public hospital left its surgery waiting list, with patients' phone numbers, open online
2025-04-09 · Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (ΑΠΔΠΧ), decision 11/2025 Private doctor looked up a patient's national health record without permission
In 2026, Greece scored 57 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record, rank 34= of 198 countries (likely range 17 to 46) (Mixed; who holds the keys: State). Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-01, https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/GRC/
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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/GRC/#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.
