• Au Canada, les courtiers en données commerciales peuvent actuellement utiliser des
données dépersonnalisées sur les patients détenues par les pharmacies, les régimes d' …

• In Canada, commercial data brokers collect deidentified patient data from pharmacies,
private drug insurers, the federal government and medical clinics without patient consent.• …

Personal health and medical data are a valuable commodity for a number of sectors from
public health agencies to academic researchers to pharmaceutical companies …

Canada needs to “get its act together” so researchers can benefit from national investments
in electronic health records, says researcher Dr. Robyn Tamblyn of McGill University in …

Background: Commercial data brokers have amassed large collections of primary care
patient data in proprietary databases. Our study objective was to critically analyze how …

In Canada, health information networks are being developed in every province to enhance
patient care and manage an increasingly complex health care system. Researchers and …

Patient data have conventionally been thought to be well protected by the privacy laws
outlined in the United States. The increasing interest of for-profit companies in acquiring the …

My purpose is to describe privacy and confidentiality practices in Canada with respect to
access to health data for research purposes. I provide an overview of the Canadian health …

The statement in that commentary that “patient identifiers... stream from pharmacy computers
via commercial compilers to pharmaceutical companies” is incorrect, and there is no basis …

THE ALLOCATION OF $19 BILLION BY THE US CONGRESS to promote the adoption of
electronic medical rec-ords makes feasible the collection of aggregate patient data that …