Patients authorize recordings for medical research
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, January 21, 2008
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Hundreds of physicians across the nation are participating in a new form of medical research-one that analyzes patient-authorized recordings of patient-physician interactions-according to a January 14 article in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Verilogue is one technology company who is pioneering the way for the process, according to the article. The company takes the recordings, transcribes them, and puts them in a database; pharmaceutical and biotechnoloy firms can access the database to find out first-hand about patients' states of mind, progression of their diseases, and what they say about their medications.
The database now holds thousands of conversations, all of which Verilogue keeps confidential and anonymous; the company removes all personally identifying information, in order to comply with HIPAA, and physicians must obtain consent from parents or guardians if the conversation involves a minor, according to the Inquirer.
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