Comments on: A federal judge in bed with Big Pharma http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/federal-judge-in-bed-with-big-pharma.html medical blog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:06:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/federal-judge-in-bed-with-big-pharma.html/comment-page-1#comment-74515 Anonymous Thu, 03 May 2007 12:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/a-federal-judge-in-bed-with-big-pharma.html#comment-74515 Right Will. But they are related. Any IT infrastructure that makes possible data-mining also privacy intrusions. The plain truth is that in this world any privacy violation that is profitable and technically possible will and does occur. Most people have no idea that HIPAA makes them legal. Right Will. But they are related. Any IT infrastructure that makes possible data-mining also privacy intrusions. The plain truth is that in this world any privacy violation that is profitable and technically possible will and does occur. Most people have no idea that HIPAA makes them legal.

]]> By: Will Dwinnell http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/federal-judge-in-bed-with-big-pharma.html/comment-page-1#comment-74498 Will Dwinnell Wed, 02 May 2007 23:58:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/a-federal-judge-in-bed-with-big-pharma.html#comment-74498 Please keep the terminology straight. "Data mining" is a process of sophisticated statistical analysis, <b>not</b> simple data-gathering. The real threat to individual privacy is the unfettered access to, and sharing of personal data, not statistical analysis. Please keep the terminology straight. “Data mining” is a process of sophisticated statistical analysis, not simple data-gathering. The real threat to individual privacy is the unfettered access to, and sharing of personal data, not statistical analysis.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/federal-judge-in-bed-with-big-pharma.html/comment-page-1#comment-74493 Anonymous Wed, 02 May 2007 23:33:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/a-federal-judge-in-bed-with-big-pharma.html#comment-74493 What is at stake here is not just our privacy but even more critically our patients. Now if a patient goes to a minor pharmacy they don't normally use, give them no insurance info to fill a prescriptiont they want to keep private, say prozac, which they got from a doc they paid cash and gave no insurance info to, the insurance company may still sweep up the data from the pharmacy and put it in their central data file where it will be and be shared and replicated forevermore. <br/><br/>As a profession we did pharmacies a big favor a couple of generations ago when all but a few gave up office dispensing. Maybe we should go back to that for the sake of personal privacy. What is at stake here is not just our privacy but even more critically our patients. Now if a patient goes to a minor pharmacy they don’t normally use, give them no insurance info to fill a prescriptiont they want to keep private, say prozac, which they got from a doc they paid cash and gave no insurance info to, the insurance company may still sweep up the data from the pharmacy and put it in their central data file where it will be and be shared and replicated forevermore.

As a profession we did pharmacies a big favor a couple of generations ago when all but a few gave up office dispensing. Maybe we should go back to that for the sake of personal privacy.

]]> By: jose http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/federal-judge-in-bed-with-big-pharma.html/comment-page-1#comment-74464 jose Wed, 02 May 2007 15:40:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/a-federal-judge-in-bed-with-big-pharma.html#comment-74464 Well it seems fairly obvious, doesn't it? <br/><br/>*just answering one vague question with another. Well it seems fairly obvious, doesn’t it?

*just answering one vague question with another.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/federal-judge-in-bed-with-big-pharma.html/comment-page-1#comment-74459 Anonymous Wed, 02 May 2007 15:01:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/a-federal-judge-in-bed-with-big-pharma.html#comment-74459 How is this ruling an example of the federal judge being "in bed" with Big Pharma? How is this ruling an example of the federal judge being “in bed” with Big Pharma?

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