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Rights regarding the Medical File| PORTUGAL
| GENERAL OVERVIEW | BIOMEDICINE CONVENTION | EU MEMBER STATES | TYPES OF PATIENT RIGHTS LEGISLATION |
| 1. The medical information must be recorded on the medical records by the physician that treated the patient or it must be computerised, under supervision of that physician, by another professional who is also subject to the duty of confidentiality, within the scope of competences specific of each profession and in the respect of its rules of ethics and professional conduct. 2. Each medical record must contain all the available medical information about a patient. Medical information is the health information used for health care interventions or medical treatments. 3. The Portuguese Constitution stipulates that all citizens have the right of access to any computerized data relating to them and the right to be informed of the use for which the data is intended; they are entitled to demand that the contents of files and records be corrected and brought up to date. They are entitled to demand that the contents of files and records be corrected and brought up to date. |