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Hospitals actually do sell their patient data to drug companies[1]. Not for advertising, but for medical research and drug trials. [1]: http://www.businessweek
by objclxt 14y ago
Hospitals actually do sell their patient data to drug companies[1]. Not for advertising, but for medical research and drug trials.
[1]: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/drugmakers-mine-data-for-trial-patients-11032011.html http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/drugmakers-mine-data-fo...
- KingMob 14y agoHaving worked in a hospital and undergone HIPAA training multiple times, I can assure you there are pretty strict rules about passing along identified data. What the drug companies are purchasing is anonymized; they have the data about patient X, but they have n idea who that person is. They are literally purchasing only the chance to pass along a request through your doctors to see if you'd be interested in participating in a study if you meet some criteria.