I agree about diagnostic info being sent but ironically the pharmacy software does not utilize it. Pharmacies are audited by the state boards and must have disease states for meds - if you prescribe something off label like metformin then many pharmacies will have inputted diabetes as a disease state (even if you are using for polycystic ovarian syndrome) which will be attached to their pharmacy records. Our local pharmacy had state inspector mad as they were audited and on a few patients they found meds without a disease state attached - told they had to 'fix'. Think it is stupid that it cannot just take diagnoses from our record since I understand diagnoses are attached.
Lots of 'private' information is out there - there is actually a medical bureau which has lots of data and is available for sale. It has been collected by insurance companies for many, many years.....
