Health Record Rights Index · country brief · this country's data as of 2026-10-02
Who holds the health record in Israel?
In 2026, Israel scores 62 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 16= of 198 countries (likely range 6 to 34), 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 clinician access at the point of care (75, against a median of 34 across 198 countries); no right falls below the median, and the closest to it is research and trial consent (49, median 46).
Every Israeli can read most of their record in their health fund's app, but the national exchange offers only an all-or-nothing opt-out.
Published · updated · this country's data as of 2026-10-02 · research tool, not legal advice
62overall, of 100 · Mixed
16=rank of 198
Sharedwho holds the keys
highconfidence
88 · Goldevidence grade (DTI)
Can I get my health records in Israel?
Access to the full record scores 66 of 100 in Israel, against a median of 43 across 198 countries. The Patient's Rights Act gives a right to the record and a copy, and a 2019 ministry circular makes all four health funds show members structured and free-text data online. No fixed deadline was found and no official usage figure was verified.
Can I control who sees my health record in Israel?
Control and consent scores 50 of 100 in Israel, against a median of 30 across 198 countries. Everyone is in the national Eitan exchange by default and can leave only completely, by a request at a health fund branch that is handled within 30 days. Every view is logged, but no patient-facing view of that log was found.
Eight rights, against United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the EU
Patient access to the full record20%
66
35 · 64 · 60
Patient control and consent20%
50
48 · 32 · 30
Privacy and security15%
58
50 · 50 · 54
Connected care journey15%
78
80 · 70 · 57
Protection from commercial use10%
56
56 · 54 · 52
Clinician access at the point of care10%
75
76 · 54 · 54
Research and trial consent5%
49
46 · 46 · 50
Clinical AI governance5%
50
64 · 58 · 40
Black dot: Israel. Hollow dots: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 198 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Israel 62, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; read the rank with its likely range.
What would Israel need to change to score higher?
Israel 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 (49, median 46) and clinical AI governance (50, 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 Israel?
Patient's Rights Act 1996 (1996): Right to record information and a copy; confidentiality; disclosure to other clinicians for treatment without consent.
Patient's Rights Regulations (maximum fee for a medical record copy) 2019 (2019): Free online viewing; computerised copy capped at NIS 10; free discharge letters and test results.
Protection of Privacy Law 1981, Amendment 13 (2024): Health data specially sensitive; mandatory officers for hospitals and health funds; regulator fines; in force August 2025.
Strain and split context, not scored
Doctors per 10,000
39.2 2024 · OECD 17 of 38
Nurses and midwives per 10,000
62.1 2024 · OECD 29 of 38
Private insurance + out-of-pocket
32.6% 2023 · OECD 8 of 35
Record reaches private care?
unknown
Published stories
2026-07-21 · Calcalist (reporting a Privacy Protection Authority decision) Health fund fined for slow reporting of a fault exposing members' medical files
2025-10-03 · Walla News Health ministry confirms patients' medical information leaked in hospital cyberattack
In 2026, Israel scored 62 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record, rank 16= of 198 countries (likely range 6 to 34) (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/ISR/
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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/ISR/#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.
