did you know, fellow Canadians?

"chains of for-profit primary care clinics, physicians, commercial data brokers and pharmaceutical companies ... work together to convert patient medical records into commercial assets."

Those assets ... are then used to "further the interests of the pharmaceutical companies."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/health-data-records-pharmaceutical-private-clinics-1.7529955

Last year, CDT published a series of resources assessing the landscape for #HealthPrivacy after #Dobbs. https://cdt.org/insights/update-from-our-ceo-cdt-leads-breakthrough-work-on-gender-justice/

Interessant für alle an #eHealth Interessierten aus dem #Gesundheitswesen könnte dieser Vortrag über "#GesundheitsApps" der #Krankenkassen sein.

Es gibt ja mittlerweile Apps auf Rezept, muss man wissen.

Hier entlang (gute halbe Stunde) : https://media.ccc.de/v/ds23-202-privacy-issues-bei-gesundheits-apps-der-deutschen-krankenkassen

Ein Talk auf den @datenspuren 2023.

Terrible news from #Florida

But also an important reminder to all people who #menstruate that unless it is actually relevant to your needed medical care, that you don't have to (and probably shouldn't) provide this information to your doctor either, because in many states, medical records can be seized by medical licensing boards and other agencies without patient consent, in an appalling number of circumstances.

#HealthPrivacy #ReproductiveJustice

https://newrepublic.com/post/170192/florida-panel-student-athletes-give-schools-menstrual-history