3 questions about INS: Am I concerned?

Three key questions will help you structure your approach

If you answer "yes" to the 3 questions below you must use the INS.

Does your department process personal health data?

Health-related personal data is data relating to the physical or mental health, past, present or future, of a natural person (including the provision of healthcare services) that reveals information about that person's state of health.

This definition therefore includes, for example:

  • information relating to a natural person collected when registering for healthcare services or during the provision of such services: a specific number, symbol or element assigned to a natural person to uniquely identify him or her for healthcare purposes;
  • information obtained during the testing or examination of a body part or bodily substance, including from genetic data and biological samples;
  • information concerning a disease, disability, risk of disease, medical history, clinical treatment or physiological or biomedical condition of the person concerned (irrespective of its source, whether it comes for example from a doctor or other healthcare professional, a hospital, a medical device or an in vitro diagnostic test).

Beware this definition makes it possible to encompass certain measurement data from which it is possible to deduce information about the person's state of health.

Consult the CNIL website for more information

Is your solution part of a care mission?

Care includes the following missions or activities:

  • Care of the user (hospital, town, telemedicine, etc.)
  • Medical-social follow-up of the person (medical-social establishments and services, coordination, etc.)
  • Prevention actions

Is your solution used by one or more of the following categories of players?

The following players use your digital service:

  • Health professionals (self-employed or salaried) and members of a care team (The care team is a group of professionals who participate in care, medico-social follow-up or the coordination of several of these acts (article L110-12 of the public health code).
  • Health establishments and services (whatever their status and the nature of their activity)
  • Health poles, houses and centers
  • Army health service
  • Medico-Social professionals, establishments or services
  • MDPH teams (Maison Départementale des Personnes Handicapées)
  • Health coordination structures, structures (e.g. Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire (GHT), Plateforme Territoriale d'Appui (PTA), health networks, MAIA system)
  • Organizations involved in prevention, care or medico-social monitoring
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What to do now?

Learn about the key elements of INS How to obtain the INS (Identifiant National de Santé) identity of an insured person