The board issued a rule that the Dr. had to share the diagnosis with the Pharmacy. While it was focused on the use of HCQ, there’s an additional point I’d like to note.
This idea of sharing the diagnosis with the pharmacy was being discussed last year (well before CV)as a desirable way to improve the “quality” of care. And the intent is to make it a requirement-not a patient option.
“Dr. had to share the diagnosis with the Pharmacy...”
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Mostly due to opioid over-prescriptions
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/12/opioid-data-sharing-angers-states-1320532
Additional Clarity-This was not just the diagnosis that the health centers were discussing. Currently, they usually write a code that indicates for example hypertension on the script.
What they were talking about was complete and total medical record being available to the pharmacist-which is possible, since the government made everyone convert to Electronic Medical Records.
This was not discussed as a way to monitor pain meds/addiction either. It was more of a way to help make sure that Meds aren’t interacting in a bad way, or perhaps there would be another med that would be better and the Pharmacist would know and be able to advise the Doc.
I advised the board that I would object to my entire record going to the local pharmacy, and consider it a breach of privacy. No one else thought it would be a problem.
I guess they don’t care about HIPAA laws.