Health Record Rights Index · country brief · this country's data as of 2026-10-01
Who holds the health record in Malta?
In 2026, Malta scores 59 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 27= of 198 countries (likely range 11 to 42), in the Mixed band (45 to 64). Who holds the keys: Shared. Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-01.
The person has real controls inside a state or provider system. Its strongest right against the other countries is patient access to the full record (72, against a median of 43 across 198 countries); no right falls below the median, and the closest to it is research and trial consent (48, median 46).
Malta's myHealth portal shows most public-sector records online, but private clinics, hospitals and prescribers are still largely outside the national record.
Published · updated · this country's data as of 2026-10-01 · research tool, not legal advice
59overall, of 100 · Mixed
27=rank of 198
Sharedwho holds the keys
mediumconfidence
86 · Goldevidence grade (DTI)
Can I get my health records in Malta?
Access to the full record scores 72 of 100 in Malta, against a median of 43 across 198 countries. Malta scored 93.71 on the EU's 2024 record-access indicator against an EU average of 82.7. myHealth shows public hospital summaries, labs, imaging reports, prescriptions and vaccines, but the Commission found no private-sector data and no mobile app.
Can I control who sees my health record in Malta?
Control and consent scores 50 of 100 in Malta, against a median of 30 across 198 countries. Patients choose which doctors can see their myHealth data and can remove a link at any time, and they set cross-border consent country by country. No patient-visible access log was found; the 2030 strategy only promises a way to see who contributes to records.
Eight rights, against Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Luxembourg and the EU
Patient access to the full record20%
72
62 · 66 · 64
Patient control and consent20%
50
62 · 52 · 70
Privacy and security15%
62
55 · 56 · 54
Connected care journey15%
60
70 · 62 · 54
Protection from commercial use10%
58
50 · 60 · 54
Clinician access at the point of care10%
56
62 · 60 · 56
Research and trial consent5%
48
44 · 64 · 46
Clinical AI governance5%
50
50 · 55 · 50
Black dot: Malta. Hollow dots: Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Luxembourg (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 198 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Malta 59, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; read the rank with its likely range.
What would Malta need to change to score higher?
Malta 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 (48, 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 Malta?
Data Protection Act (Cap. 586) (2018): Malta's GDPR implementing law; the IDPC supervises and decides complaints.
Processing of Personal Data (Secondary Processing) (Health Sector) Regulations (S.L. 528.10) (2019): Lists permitted secondary uses; research needs ethics approval and IDPC authorisation; other uses need consent.
Artificial Intelligence Regulations, 2025 (L.N. 226 of 2025) (2025): Names MDIA as AI Act market surveillance authority; fines up to EUR 350,000 or 1% of turnover.
Strain and split context, not scored
Doctors per 10,000
47.2 2023
Nurses and midwives per 10,000
82.6 2023
Private insurance + out-of-pocket
34.0% 2023
Record reaches private care?
split
"Private hospitals, private GPs and most private prescriptions are outside it."
Published stories
2025-04-30 · Information and Data Protection Commissioner (Malta) Health provider employee opened a patient's record for personal reasons, regulator finds
2025-04-02 · Information and Data Protection Commissioner (Malta) Clinic kept a wrong address after repeated requests and posted health reports there
In 2026, Malta scored 59 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record, rank 27= of 198 countries (likely range 11 to 42) (Mixed; who holds the keys: Shared). Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-01, https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/MLT/
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