The Problems of Information Security of Electronic Personal Health Data

The article deals with the protection of personal data in the e-health. The author discusses approaches to the information security of patients´ health data in the international practice, highlights the specific features of the personal medical data, and shows the potential threats to privacy and security of the medical secrecy and patient confidentiality in the healthcare information systems. The paper considers the legal framework of the personal data protection in Azerbaijan and justifies the expediency of normative and methodological documents development in the country, which would regulate the information security of the personal health information.