title: [An approach to legal and operational issues in the management of health data].
abstract: Data protection regulation is a new and appealing issue in Mexico. The processing of health personal data will require even more specific regulation in the near future. Health care professionals and institutions need to adequate their usual proceedings to comply with the actual regulation in order to protect their patients and customers and avoid fines up to 35 million Mexican pesos and 10 years of prison. The aim of this article is to present a practical approach to the legal and managerial implications of this regulation.
authors.affiliation: Davara Abogados, S.C., México. idavara@davara.com.mx
authors.forename: Isabel Davara
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Fernández de Marcos
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011996:Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*