Table 4 Constrains to India's provision of support services in healthcare to the EU
From: India-EU relations in health services: prospects and challenges
Problem | Features and Implications |
|---|---|
Accreditation | • Certification required by concerned regulatory bodies in various segments (medical coding, analysis) • Additional requirements of continuing certification and evaluation |
Data privacy and restrictions on international data transfer | • India is not empanelled as a data-secure by EU authorities • Restricts scope for data transfer and related outsourcing • Compliance costs of meeting EU and individual countries' data protection legislation |
Limited scope of the EU | • Resistance to outsourcing of back-office functions in the EU |