Digital Health Brazil was present at First Data Protection Conference in the SUS, an event promoted by the Secretariat of Information and Digital Health of the Ministry of Health. During this meeting, several pertinent topics were discussed, highlighting the sector's commitment to the evolution and security of health data management in the country.
One of the central themes addressed was the importance of interoperability in health data. The discussion focused on the need to promote the efficient and secure integration of information between different health systems.
Another highlight was the adaptation of the application of legislation to regional and local realities. The regulation of artificial intelligence in healthcare processes was also addressed. The discussion on how to establish ethical and legal guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare is crucial to ensuring the safety and trust of patients and professionals involved.
The reconciliation of the Access to Information Law with the General Data Protection Law was a topic of reflection, highlighting the need to balance transparency in public management with the protection of individual privacy, especially when it comes to sensitive data, such as health data.
The sensitivity and impacts of personal data on health were addressed in depth, in addition to the challenges for the advancement of digital health in Brazil, considering aspects such as infrastructure and professional training. The collaboration between the various sectors involved reinforces the importance of an integrated approach to build a safe, efficient and patient-centered digital health ecosystem.
Photo 1 – Laina Peternella Ferreira, Chief of Staff of the Executive Secretariat of the Ministry of Health; Rita de Cássia Bertão Cataneli, Deputy Technical Coordinator of the Executive Secretariat of CONASS; Luanna Roncaratti, Deputy Secretary of Digital Government of the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services; Ana Estela Haddad, Secretary of Information and Digital Health of the Ministry of Health; Samara Mariana de Castro, Deputy Secretary of Digital Policies of the Secretariat of Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic; Arthur Pereira Sabbat, Director of the National Data Protection Authority; Cristiane Martins Pantaleão, Financial Director of CONASEMS.
Photo 2 – Nereu Henrique Mansano, Technical Advisor at CONASS; Adriana Macedo Marques, Personal Data Officer at the Ministry of Health; Débora Melecchi, Advisor to the National Health Council; Michael Luiz Diana de Oliveira, Technical Advisor at CONASEMS.
Photo 3 – Fernando Aith (virtual), Full Professor of the Department of Politics, Management and Health of the School of Public Health at USP; Giliate Cardoso Coelho Neto, Director of Information Technology at Ebserth/MEC; Adriana Macedo Marques, Personal Data Officer at the Ministry of Health; Silvana Gomes Benzecry, General Coordinator of Telehealth at the Ministry of Health.
Photo 4 – Adriana Macedo Marques, Personal Data Officer at the Ministry of Health; Edna da Silva Ângelo, Personal Data Officer at the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD); Thais Lucena de Oliveira, Coordinator at DATASUS; Leonardo Rodrigo Ferreira, Director of Privacy and Information Security at the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services; Tomaz Disitzer Carvalho de Miranda, Director of the Department of Projects and Policies for Collective and Diffuse Rights at the National Consumer Secretariat (Senacon) and Personal Data Officer at the Ministry of Justice; Marcelo Dias de Sá, Information Security Coordinator at the Ministry of Health.
Photo 5 – Bruno Bioni (virtual), Founding Director of Data Privacy Brasil; Tiago Bahia Fontana, General Coordinator of Dissemination and Integration of Health Data at the Ministry of Health; Musa Denaise de Sousa Morais de Melo; Coordinator of Citizen Services and Ombudsman Offices for the SUS at the Ministry of Health; Danielly Cristina Araujo Gontijo, Director of Resources and Understandings of Access to Information at the Comptroller General of the Union; Paula Xavier dos Santos, General Coordinator of Innovation and Health Informatics at the Ministry of Health.
