Isn the accessibility to controlled substance prescription data a violation of patient confidentiality?
The entire program will be federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant. The access of the patient’s prescription history, when a state has authorized a PDMP, is authorized under HIPAA. The Florida PDMP provides safeguards to protect patient confidentiality and access to controlled substance prescription information through statute. The law prohibits unauthorized access to and use of confidential patient information. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates this law commits a felony of the third degree. The entire prescription history of all patients in Florida, even beyond the Schedule II – IV drugs specified by the program, is currently available in many different locations in the private sector. Currently complete prescription information quite often resides in the local pharmacy computer database, the pharmacy’s regional headquarters database, and the pharmacy’s national headquarters database. Moreover, the health insurance companies and thei
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