PHARMACIST DISCLOSURE TO CAREGIVERS SHOULD NOT BE PREVENTED BY MEDICAL PRIVACY LAWS -- NACDS; NATL. UNIFORMITY OF PRIVACY WOULD SAVE DATA COSTS -- REVCO VP
Executive Summary
Medical privacy legislation should not prevent pharmacists from providing caregivers and next-of-kin with prescriptions or pharmaceutical information, Revco VP-Pharmacy Relations Robert Thompson told a Feb. 4 HHS hearing on medical privacy.