The Dangers of Sharing Medical Data with Government
Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay for a study involving a computer program that would give doctors, pharmacists and, in some cases, law officers online access to medical records.More here.
It's an attempt to curb the abuse of prescription narcotics by monitoring drug distribution in a way that would enable a doctor or pharmacist to find out the last time — and from whom — a patient received a prescription for Vicodin, Oxycontin and other addictive drugs.
However, it also raises serious privacy concerns.
(Props, Flying Hamster.)
posted by Fergie @ 12/19/2006 01:31:00 PM
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