US Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Data Mining Case (April 26, 2011)
https://npalliance.org/blog/2011/04/27/u-s-supreme-court-hearing-arguments-in-data-mining-case/Did You Know?
- Since the mid-1990s, pharmaceutical companies have been able to observe and track what doctors prescribe
- Pharmacies compile databases that show how many and which medications individual physicians prescribe; these databases are sold to Healthcare Information Organizations (HIOs)
- HIOs combine this information with data from the Physician Masterfile, purchased from the American Medical Association (AMA)
- Physician Masterfile contains information on virtually every physician in the United States including the two-thirds of physicians who are not AMA members
- Leading HIO, IMS Health, had revenues of $1.75 billion in 2005 (Steinbrook 2006)
- The AMA received $44.5 million in 2005 from sales of data from the Masterfile (Steinbrook 2006)
- Nearly three-quarters of physicians disapprove of this practice (Kaiser Family Foundation 2001)
More Reading:
- For sale: physicians’ prescribing data (NEJM)
- Prescription Data Mining: A Transparent (-ly absurd) Defense by Verispan (Carlat Psychiatry Blog)
- How Drug Companies Look at Your Private Medical Records (BNET)
Barbara Meier schreibt seit vielen Jahren für die NPAlliance Ratgeber und Testberichte. Dabei legt sie großen Wert auf die Ausführlichkeit sowie Richtigkeit ihrer Artikel. Sie zählt zu den wenigen Experten in ihrem Gebiet und hat sich über die letzten Jahren einen Namen in der Gesundheitsbranche gemacht.