Privacy concerns mount amid the 'microchipping of America': Businesses seek patents on more applications for RFID
RFID chips are being used more and more in health care. Today the main use proposed is to track whether you receive "authentic" or "fake" medications. The US pharmaceutical industry wants to track whether or not we take and refill brand-name medications. But this is a huge intrusion into the relationship we have with our doctors. If you don't want to take a medication for whatever reason: side-effects, costs, fears, feeling it does not work, etc------the person to discuss this with is your doctor, not a drug company! There are many valid reasons to change or stop medications. The only people qualified to decide whether you should stay on a particular medication or not are you and your doctor.
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2 comments:
Dr. Peel,
I've read two quotes from you so far, one on this site and another on pogo. For you to be an md and associated with PPR AND spreading rumors about what companies like my employer, McKesson are doing with patient data with reference is doing one thing, scaring the patients. If that's your intent, I'd say you're doing an adequate job. Can you back up your quote of the day on pogo? No? Then hush. Just be an optimistic md and not a pessimistic one.
Part of the problem is about 10% of all drugs on the market are counterfit from China or somewhere else. These counterfit drugs are inserted into the normal supply and sold to people all over the world. The drug companies are attempting to get a handle on the problem.
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