David A. Lieb of Associated Press reports: A Missouri senator who is a family physician succeeded Thursday in scuttling legislation that would have authorized a government database to track people’s prescription drug purchases. Republican Sen. Rob Schaaf and his allies led an eight-hour filibuster against the legislation, soliciting supportive emails and faxes that they read…
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Ca: Pharmacists lose injunction bid to stop Zellers selling patient info
Well, that was quick. I had no sooner posted an interesting Canadian case involving pharmacy records than the court seemingly ended the matter. The Canadian Press reported: A group of Ontario pharmacists has lost its bid for an injunction barring Zellers from selling their patients’ records. However, a judge says Zellers owns the records and is…
Canada: Zellers sued by pharmacists over selling patient records to Loblaws, Metro
Dana Flavelle reports: A group of Zellers pharmacists will seek an injunction Thursday to prevent the retailer from selling thousands of patient records to two major grocery store chains for at least $35 million, says their lawyer, Gerhard Pyper. The application comes amid a lawsuit being heard in Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List)….
Vermont Senate Approves Police Access To Drug Files
While a federal court ruled Florida’s drug-testing law unconstitutional yesterday, not all news is good news in terms of invasions of health issues. Vermont Public Radio reports: The Vermont Senate has voted to allow police access without a search warrant to a database of Vermonters’ prescriptions maintained by the Vermont Department of Health. In an…
Credit card fraud websites shut down on three continents
More shutdowns as law enforcement swoops in. Kevin Rawlinson reports: Three men have been arrested and 36 criminal websites selling credit card information and other personal data shut down as part of a two-year international anti-fraud operation, police have confirmed. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), working with the FBI and US Department of Justice,…
Minn. AG cites Accretive for debt tactics
Things didn’t look great for Accretive back in January after they were sued by Minnesota for failure to protect patient confidentiality. But today they look even worse. Alexandra Tempus of AP reports that Accretive’s stock dropped 40% today after the AG released a 6-volume report on them.