Govt moots regulator, information exchanges for digital health data

The government released a draft Bill termed Digital Information Security in Healthcare Bill, which seeks to give powers to citizens about their health data and pushes for penalties on misuse

Healthcare in India is digitising rapidly with the government’s eHealth initiative, which seeks to bring medical records, services and research online.
 
But, with the debate around data security heating up in the absence of an overarching data protection law, the government on Tuesday released a draft Bill termed Digital Information Security in Healthcare (DISHA) Bill, which seeks to give powers to citizens about their health data and pushes for penalties on breach and misuse of this information.
 
The Bill proposes rights such as mandatory consent for collection, storage, and sharing their health data, including the right to withdraw