My Health Space: what is it, creating, refusing, a danger?

[Mis à jour le 16 mars 2022 à 15h46] My Health Space is a digital health record personnel offered by the Health Insurance and the Ministry of Health, to all French people, kept up to date for life and contained in a phone or on a computer. “It will allow everyone to store all the documents (x-rays, blood tests, ultrasounds, prescriptions, editor’s note) and useful information for their medical follow-up and to share safely with healthcare professionals” indicates theHealth Insurance the 3 of March. But watch out for scams in the form offraudulent calls and messages. “These calls and their intermediaries claim to want to “help create My Health Space” and ask to enter the “France Connect” identifiers to access the digital service. It’s about a scam attemptbecause My health space is not yet compatible with France Connect. The risks of identity theft are significant and may affect different services in the event of transmission of information (taxes, etc.)“Warns the organization. As a reminder, Health Insurance never asks for bank details or passwords. What’s this My Health Space? How? ‘Or’ What activate its account ? Whose is it intended? Is it mandatory ? Are there any risks for the Data protection personal? Can we refuse it? What about the Shared Medical Record ?

Definition: what is My Health Space?

My Health Space is a digital health record individual made available to the 69 million people insured in France by the State and Health Insurance to enable each citizen to store their medical information and share it with the healthcare professionals who care for them. The Mon espace santé mobile application will be available in the first quarter of 2022. However, you can now connect to the monespacesante.fr site from your mobile phone or directly on a computer. “The digital space stores all the x-rays, blood tests and hospitalization reports. You can enter your history, your allergies, your prescriptions“said the Minister of Health during a press conference on February 3. “Atbeyond the medical file and a secure messagingthis service will eventually provide access to a agenda to collect medical appointmentsas well as a catalog of health services and applications referenced by public authorities“continued the Health Insurance. We thus find in its Health Space:

• The shared medical record (DMP) : it’s the “online health book” (prescriptions and care, radio, ultrasound, scanner, MRI, biology results, prevention and screening, reports, medical certificates, etc.)
• The health diary to record medical appointments by 2022
• A messaging service to receive personal information from the care team
• Access to health applications selected and certified by the State.

“During 2022, a personal medical diary as well as applications and services referenced by the public authorities will be made available to users to better monitor and preserve their health. For example, it will be possible to monitor and preserve one’s health by synchronizing My Space health with connected objects able to enrich your medical file with data“says the Health Insurance.

For whom is My Health Space intended?

“All people, regardless of their health insurance plan, will be able to use this new service: farmers, employees, self-employed workers, students, etc.“says the Health Insurance. “So that everyone can benefit from it, we will link a network of actors and volunteer professionals to support the people furthest from digital technology in the handling of this tool. Everyone should have access“defended Olivier Véran.

Is it mandatory to have My Health Space?

My Health Space it’s not mandatory. He is destined “at those who wish to use it“said Olivier Véran. If you do not wish to create your health space, you will have to use the code received by e-mail or post in order to oppose the creation Account within 6 weeks of the date of dispatch. After this period, your personal space will be created automatically but you keep the possibility of closing your space.

“A confidential code will be sent to each insured, by e-mail or by post. Everyone can use this code to activate your personal space. This code will be valid for 6 weeks from the date of dispatch. After this period, his personal space will be created automatically. At any time, after this period, the insured retains the possibility of activating or closing this space. inform the health insurance. By going to the site monespacesante.frclick on “Activate my space”. You have to bring your code and your Vitale card. “You will start from a blank page and you will have to bring it to lifefeed it according to your needs, according to your discussions with your caregivers“added Olivier Véran.

To connect to My Health Space, go to site monespacesante.fr and identify yourself using your username and password created during the first connection.

Opposition: can we refuse the creation of My Health Space?

Yes, it is possible to refuse to create an account on the “My Health Space” service. In this case it is necessary use the code received by email or mail to oppose the creation Account within 6 weeks of the date of dispatch. After this period, your personal space will be created automatically but you keep the possibility of closing your space. For close My Health Spaceclick on your profile located at the top right of the screen then on “Settings“. You can request the downloading all of your profile information and/or requesting its permanent deletion.

Will the Shared Medical Record be deleted?

The Shared Medical Record, commonly called DMP, is a digital health book to securely store your health documents: prescriptions, test results, reports… The DMP also makes it possible to share this information with the healthcare professionals of your choice to improve your medical follow-up, including in the event of an emergency. If you already had a DMP, its content is then integrated into the new My Health Space service. If you refuse My Health Space, your DMP won’t be deleted but you won’t be able to access it soon from the dmp.fr website and the DMP application. However, this will remain accessible by health professionals during a transitional period before being definitely closed.

Is the Covid-19 vaccine registered in My health space?

Yes, the Covid-19 vaccination certificate is automatically available in the “Health documents“. Users have the option of update their vaccination following a new injection by clicking on the button “Update“.

What is the danger for the protection of personal data?

Health insurance guarantees the security and protection of personal data contained in My Health Space. She specifies that “those data is hosted in France on servers that meet the highest security standards. My health space preserves medical secrecysince it is the user who decides which health professionals can have access to his documents, and the documents he agrees to share“.”The documents present in “My health space” are visible to health professionals who are authorized by law and regulatory texts. Neither Health Insurance, nor mutual insurance companies, nor occupational medicine have access to this data.“says the organization. However, on February 18, 2022, Health Insurance alerts users to fraudulent messages and calls. “These calls and their intermediaries claim to want to “help create My Health Space” and ask to enter the “France Connect” identifiers to access the digital service. This is an attempted scam, because My health space is not yet compatible with France Connect. The risks of identity theft are significant and can affect different services in the event of transmission of information (taxes, etc.)“Warns the organization. As a reminder, Health Insurance never asks for bank details or passwords.

Sources:

– My health space, a new personal and secure digital service, 3 March 2022, Health insurance.

– Beware of fraudulent calls and messages concerning My health space, February 18, 2022, Health insurance.

– My health space, a new personal and secure digital service, February 2, 2022, Health insurance.