Who Holds the Record · country brief · data as of 2026-10-01Who holds the health record in Honduras?
In 2026, Honduras scores 30 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 160= of 196 countries (likely range 124 to 178), in the Weak band (25 to 44). Who holds the keys: Institutional. Source: Who Holds the Record, SuperTruth, data as of 2026-10-01.
Honduras has no data protection law and, per its health minister, the law still requires paper records, so each hospital keeps its own file.
Published · updated · data as of 2026-10-01 · research tool, not legal advice
Can I get my health records in Honduras?
Access to the full record scores 40 of 100 in Honduras, against a median of 43 across 196 countries. The Constitution gives a free, fast right to see your own data, and public bodies must answer in 10 days, but there is no national patient portal. A right to a copy of the clinical record was not verified, so the score sits low.
Can I control who sees my health record in Honduras?
Control and consent scores 30 of 100 in Honduras, against a median of 30 across 196 countries. Patients have no tools to choose who sees their record or to view an access log. Protection rests on medical secrecy in the doctors' ethics code and a Transparency Law rule that personal data goes only to the person or a court.
Eight rights, against Saint Kitts and Nevis, Bolivia, Guyana and the EU
| Patient access to the full record20% | 40 | 30 · 40 · 30 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient control and consent20% | 30 | 30 · 28 · 25 | |
| Privacy and security15% | 28 | 32 · 25 · 30 | |
| Connected care journey15% | 25 | 32 · 25 · 35 | |
| Protection from commercial use10% | 25 | 28 · 25 · 25 | |
| Clinician access at the point of care10% | 20 | 25 · 22 · 30 | |
| Research and trial consent5% | 43 | 43 · 43 · 43 | |
| Clinical AI governance5% | 30 | 20 · 20 · 20 |
Black dot: Honduras. Hollow dots: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Bolivia, Guyana (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 196 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Honduras 30, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; read the rank with its likely range.
What would Honduras need to change to score higher?
Honduras sits in Weak (25 to 44); Mixed starts at 45. The two rights furthest below the 196-country median, weighted, are privacy and security (28, median 45) and protection from commercial use (25, median 45). The published rubric reads:
- Privacy and security: Health-sector enforcement on the record: an independent regulator deciding health-data cases, breach notification and penalties applied.
- Protection from commercial use: Clear limits on selling health data or using it for marketing, covering apps and data brokers as well as providers.
Which laws give health record rights in Honduras?
- Constitucion de la Republica, Articulo 182 (Habeas Data) (2003): Free, fast right to access and correct data about oneself in public or private databases.
- Ley de Transparencia y Acceso a la Informacion Publica (Decreto 170-2006) (2006): Health status is confidential personal data; public bodies fined for unlawful disclosure.
- ARSA Acuerdo No. 041-2020 (ensayos clinicos) (2020): Trial authorisation, ethics committee registration and committee-approved informed consent.
Strain and split context, not scored
- Doctors per 10,000
- 19.0 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 10,000
- 7.3 2023
- Private insurance + out-of-pocket
- 58.0% 2023
- Record reaches private care?
- unknown
Published stories
- 2025-01-26 · La Prensa (Honduras) Social security server failure leaves doctors unable to open patients' records
- 2025-10-06 · El Heraldo Repeated system outages halt appointments and laboratory results for insured patients
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