ABSTRACT
With the constant development and perfection of hospital information systems, health information legislation has become a problem needing prompt solution. The authors explained the urgency and significance of health information legislation in the current practice of hospital information systems and pointed out specific manifestations of the involvement of legal basis. Their recommendations include: ①establishing and perfecting regulations on the management of local networks; ②establishing and perfecting a system of regulations on health information; ③expanding the development, accreditation and spread of techniques for guaranteeing network safety; ④doing a good job of the standard application and management of electronic medical records in the transition period.