No, it’s not okay to use script details to recruit for a study

Dr Bruce Baer Arnold (PhD)
Prescription

The Department of Human Services (DHS) is under scrutiny this week after it was revealed the department sent letters to 50,000 patients who were previously prescribed lithium. DHS was seeking to recruit the recipients into a non-government study on bipolar disorder.

Psychiatrists raised concerns after receiving complaints from patients who had received the letters and accused their psychiatrists of breaching patient confidentiality.