Alberta delivers new blow to prescription data mining

Alberta has become the second province to ban the sale of physicians' prescribing information. Pharmacies and pharmacists have been given 6 months to stop making such sales without physicians' consent. The decision came after the sales were ruled a violation of the province's Health I...

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Veröffentlicht in:Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) 2003-04, Vol.168 (9), p.1169-1169
1. Verfasser: Dunleavy, Natalie
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Alberta has become the second province to ban the sale of physicians' prescribing information. Pharmacies and pharmacists have been given 6 months to stop making such sales without physicians' consent. The decision came after the sales were ruled a violation of the province's Health Information Act. Companies affected by the ruling have 45 days to appeal to Information and Privacy Commissioner Frank Work.
ISSN:0820-3946
1488-2329