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The FDA has officially confirmed the cessation of unauthorized data collection and the initiation of a comprehensive redaction protocol for existing files. We successfully secured the policy shift we demanded through persistent legal pressure and documentation. I will publish the formal confirmation documents for your review once the agency completes …

October 28, 2019

Cease and Desist Gathering Patient Personal Data

Cease and Desist Gathering Patient Personal Data

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Started by Steven R Johnson 7 years, 2 months ago
We, the undersigned, do hereby petition the United States Food and Drug Administration (hereinafter, "the FDA") to immediately and without delay cease and desist from further patient-unauthorized electronic, paper, telephonic, facsimile, or by any other means, gathering chronic pain management patient and any other type patient personal and private medical data; to immediately and without delay cease and desist storing, using, disseminating, sharing, publishing, selling, or in any other way violating the doctor-patient privilege and in any other way violating the 4th Amendment rights under the Constitution of the United States of said patients; to immediately and without delay cease and desist requiring physicians, therapists, nurses, radiologists, and any other health care professional to submit any private and personally-identifying patient data; to immediately and without delay redact all patient personally-identifying data from such records and data as are already in the possession of the FDA, and to furnish each patient so affected verifiable written proof that said redaction has been performed; to return to each patient so affected each, every, and all copies of his or her medical records as the FDA currently has in its possession; to publicly apologize to the chronic pain management and any other patient group or segment which has been so violated without just cause, proof of need, subpoena, or individual patient-case court order; and to change such internal policies and rules as required to satisfy the demands of those American people affected by the FDA's autocratic and unauthorized data gathering practices.
This petition is hereby submitted pursuant to the 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, specifically, to wit, the petition clause of said Amendment, preserving the People's right to petition the government for redress of grievances.

Specifically the petitioners' grievance is that the FDA, without signed authorization of the undersigned (and any and all other so-affected American people), has engaged and is engaging in the illicit gathering of patient personal and private medical and other data and records without our informed consent and specific, limited authorization.

Updates

July 31, 2019

I have finalized a formal request for information regarding the specific protocols the agency uses to manage incoming patient files. Legal counsel is now reviewing our petition findings to determine the most effective path for filing a administrative complaint.

Reached 100 supporters

July 31, 2019

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VICKI DOBBS
7 years ago Featured

Stop, this is not right or fair! We are being discriminated against because we are disabled. We have a right to pain treatment. Treatment that should be between patient and doctor. No patient should have to go through what we are going through. Stay out of my medical issues HIPAA laws say you need my permission and I haven't given it!!

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Deborah Lee
7 years ago Featured

Please stop punishing chronic pain patients because of what addicts are doing. Addicts will get their high! Period! If you want to stop the rapid multiplication of drug ODs, stop the fentanyl and heroin coming in through the border. Once again, your laws ONLY hurt those who are following the laws, NOT those who sell, take and abuse illegal drugs!

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Ralph Maddox
7 years ago Featured

All these govt. agencies need to get out of the doctoring business. The way govt. and ins. is interfering, why do we even have doctor s? Leave our treatment to the doctors that are trained and know our cases personally.

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Laine Tipton
7 years ago Featured

My medical information is just that-MINE-and should never be given to any other entity without a full explanation as to why the information is needed, how long it will be held, what privacy protection is in place and without my signature. I am strongly against my personal medical or any other information regarding me being released without my consent.

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Margaret drumheiser
7 years ago Featured

This direct violation of our Constitution and 4th amendment right needs to stop. As this is causing the other Dr relationship to suffer as well as pt care to suffer. These are my private records.

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Michelle Barker
7 years ago Featured

Please stop this war against chronic pain patients! You're ruining lives everyday! I never gave my permission for any of my medical records to be accessed by you or any other government agencies!

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Trena Beauchamp
7 years ago

It’s time to help us !! Those of us who take our meds responsibily because we don’t like to be in pain or so miserable we spend our lives in bed!! THAT IS NO LIFE !! It’s lije being chained to a tree like a dog !!! Please help us to make this ridiculousness to stop if we were drug seeking we would never make it month to month on our scripts cuz we are not trying to get HIGH we just want to live a normal life is that do much to ask?

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Karen
7 years ago

I am a chronic pain sufferer. Please stop our suffering. We need our Qol back.