Who holds the health record in Slovenia?

Can I get my health records in Slovenia?

Access to the full record scores 66 of 100 in Slovenia, against a median of 62 across 65 countries. The Patients' Rights Act gives a right to see and copy the record within five working days, and the national zVEM portal shows test results, prescriptions, referrals and appointments. Some providers still send less than they should, so the portal is not the full chart.

Can I control who sees my health record in Slovenia?

Control and consent scores 60 of 100 in Slovenia, against a median of 52 across 65 countries. Patients can block viewing of their Patient Data Summary for one provider or all providers and can see which institution opened their records. They cannot stop data going to the central register, and the log names institutions, not staff.

What would Slovenia need to change to score higher?

Slovenia sits in Mixed (45 to 64); Strong starts at 65. The two rights furthest below the 65-country median, weighted, are research and trial consent (45, median 49) and clinical AI governance (50, median 50). The published rubric reads:

• Research and trial consent: A general opt-out that is honoured, or dynamic or opt-in consent, with a public register of research uses: 55 to 85.
• Clinical AI governance: Device regulation of clinical AI with change control and human oversight in force, plus national rules where EU law leaves gaps.

Which laws give health record rights in Slovenia?

• Patients' Rights Act (Zakon o pacientovih pravicah, ZPacP) (2008): Right to view and copy records within five working days; Information Commissioner hears access disputes.
• Health Data Collections Act amendment (ZZPPZ-A) (2015): Sets up eZdravje and the CRPP register; patients may block viewing of their Patient Data Summary.
• Personal Data Protection Act (ZVOP-2) (2022): Supplements the GDPR; Article 69 sets conditions for research reuse, including a right to prohibit it.

Strain and split context, not scored

Doctors per 10,000

35.1 2023 · OECD 23 of 38

Nurses and midwives per 10,000

107 2023 · OECD 18 of 38

Private insurance + out-of-pocket

25.7% 2023 · OECD 16 of 35

Record reaches private care?

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"V prilogi pa ni predviden niti rok niti način vključitve in uporabe posamezne storitve eZdravja za zasebne izvajalce brez koncesije, pač pa so kot obvezni uporabniki določeni zgolj izvajalci zdravstvene dejavnosti v mreži javne zdravstvene službe."

Published stories

• 2026-09-18 · N1 Slovenija Hospital confirms employee shared photos of patients and a document with personal data
• 2024-10-05 · Žurnal24 Clinic confirms a nurse repeatedly opened a former patient's record without authorisation