We all know that patient data can be worth its weight in gold. It contains a treasure trove of information, and lots of companies will be happy to give an arm and a leg to get access to this. When patients go to a clinic, they expect that their information will be kept private and secure. However, I find that private labs in India seems to be selling this data to corporate healthcare customers to create an additional source of revenue.
While I don't have any proof but have a strong circumstantial evidence based on what my patients have shared. For example, recently I had a patient who has a negative beta-hCG result, which means her IVF cycle must have failed. The test was done at a reputed lab, and after two days, she got a phone call from an agency which said - We are so sorry to hear your IVF cycle failed - would you like us to refer you to another reputed IVF clinic? Then there was…
