Canadian Medical Association
Statement of principles: the sale and use of data on individual physicians' prescribing. Canadian Medical Association
Abstract
The CMA believes that prescribing data that identify individual physicians should be used in a manner that does not breach the privacy of patients or of physicians in their personal or professional lives. To address this concern, the CMA has developed the following set of principles for the compilation, sale and other commercial use of data on individual physician prescribers.
Source and rights
Published by CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 1997. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
Prognia summarises this guideline for reference and education. It is not medical advice. Always check the official guideline and current local protocols before acting on it.
At a glance
- Organisation
- Canadian Medical Association
- Published
- 1997
- Applies to
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Scope
- National
- Journal
- CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
- PubMed
- 9033430
- Added to Prognia
- 25 July 2026
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