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Millions of Canadians' health data available for sale to pharmaceutical industry, study shows | CBC News Details about your health, medical history and prescriptions can all be found in your medical record. A new Canadian study found in some cases, private companies are accessing parts of that data and s...

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Our newest study reports on the primary care medical record industry in Canada.

Data brokers claim to have acquired between 2-4 million records from for-profit chains of medical clinics. Their primary client is the pharmaceutical industry.
#privacy

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Check out this morning's interview with Dr Sheryl Spithoff, lab director, on CBC Metro Morning.

She discussed how commercial data brokers are making money from Canadian medical records and what this means for patients.
#privacy #Health #data #Canada #pharma

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Health-data companies selling access to patient records, study says Research paper highlights potential downsides when private companies are integrated into the health care system in crucial roles without enough oversight

"Some health-data companies are selling access to patient records to pharmaceutical companies without patients’ knowledge, according to a new study."

Yes, a Canadian finding. Via @healthtechsoclab.bsky.social.

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Canadian Medical Record Industry Data Collection and Commercialization Practices This qualitative study describes the data collection and commercialization practices of the primary care medical record industry in Canada and the implications for patients.

New Canadian study from the @healthtechsoclab.bsky.social I expect will make news this week.

Headline: For-profit primary care clinics are selling & using patient data w/o knowledge or permission in ways you may not expect.

Brief thread below...

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