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This is actually a pretty good use of the data if its done by a university for a study or the NIH in a nonprofit capacity. Using prescription data on insurance
by Racing0461 3y ago
This is actually a pretty good use of the data if its done by a university for a study or the NIH in a nonprofit capacity. Using prescription data on insurance to see outcomes at a societial level for prescriptions since it's all in one place.
Of course life insurance companies will instead use the data to decide someone's premiums or whether to give them life insurance at all if a prescription shows up on that persons history when they try to sign up.
- JohnFen 3y ago> This is actually a pretty good use of the data if its done by a university for a study or the NIH in a nonprofit capacity. As long as everyone who's data is used has consented to it, then yes.
- Racing0461 3y agoDoes HIPPA apply if its a large study and each is anonymonized? I'm assuming insurance companies already use the data so the 20 page EULA already has consent.
- JohnFen 3y agoDon't know. I'm not talking about legalities, I'm talking about ethics. I'm talking about getting actual consent, not the fake "consent" that tends to get snuck into contracts.
- Racing0461 3y agoIt's funny we are talking about this since yesterday i went to a new doctor and they used my prescription history that they already have access to im guessing in the same software they used to prescribe to ask me about the medications i am taking instead of taking my word for it on the form i filled out.