[Maine-NPs] Fwd: Inquiry concerning efforts by ANCC and ANA to protect NP prescribing data -

[Emil Bukher]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Emil Bukher <emil.bukher at gmail.com>
Date: May 6, 2007 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: Inquiry concerning efforts by ANCC and ANA to protect NP
prescribing data -
To: Todd Peterson <todd.peterson at ana.org>, Carolyn at acnpweb.org
Cc: taneditor at ana.org, ethics at ana.org, gova at ana.org, uaninfo at uannurse.org,
info at centerforamericannurses.org, anf at ana.org, dcoffice at aanp.org,
cpierson at aanp.org, admin at aanp.org, sdexter at ana.org, ANCCCOmm at ana.org,
Keami.Harris at ana.org, DeJuan.Jewett at ana.org, ncroce at apna.org,
pblack at apna.org, pendoc48 at adelphia.net, Maine-Nps at nurse.net

Dear Todd,

Thank you for your response. The collection of prescribing information that
I am referring to is done by pharmacies and "health information
organizations" that license the data to the pharmaceutical industry. Please
see the Physician Data Restriction Program (PDRP) brochure for more
information on this process:
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/432/pdrp_brochure.pdf

I emailed Carolyn Hutcherson of the *American College of Nurse Practitioners
* per your suggestion. Unfortunately I have not heard back from her. Nor
have I heard back from representatives of other nursing organizations on the
list of those I have emailed, including the *American Nurses
Association*, *American
Academy of Nurse Practitioners *and the *Maine Nurse Practitioners
Association*.

Do you have any suggestions about who else might be a good point of contact
on this issue?

As a reminder of what I am talking about here, my original email is below.

Thank you

Emil Bukher, PMH-NP

 In a message dated 4/25/2007 11:09:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
emil.bukher at gmail.com writes:

Forwarded message ----------
From: Emil Bukher < emil.bukher at gmail.com >
Date: Apr 25, 2007 10:59 PM
Subject: Opting Out
To: taneditor at ana.org , ethics at ana.org, gova at ana.org, uaninfo at uannurse.org,
info at centerforamericannurses.org, anf at ana.org, dcoffice at aanp.org,
cpierson at aanp.org, admin at aanp.org, sdexter at ana.org, ANCCCOmm at ana.org,
Keami.Harris at ana.org, DeJuan.Jewett at ana.org, Certification at ana.org,
convention at ana.org, ncroce at apna.org, pblack at apna.org, pam at mnpa.us,
virginia.e.delorimier at maine.gov


The American Medical Association allows physicians to restrict access to
their prescribing data: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/12054.html
They offer physicians protection of privacy from pharmaceutical interests
and pharmaceutical sales reps. What are the American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners, the American Nurses Association and the American Nurses
Credentialing Center doing to protect Nurse Practitioners' prescribing data?
How can we opt out of having our prescribing data released to pharmaceutical
sales representatives? Thank you in advance for any information you can
provide and any comments you can offer.

Emil Bukher, PMH-NP

-- 
Emil Bukher PMH-NP
PROTEA Behavioral Health Services
Waterville, ME




On 4/27/07, Todd Peterson <todd.peterson at ana.org > wrote:
>
>
> Dear Emil,
>
> Thanks for your inquiry.
>
> ANCC does not collect any prescribing info that would be pertinent.  We
> collect some very general information in our role delineation studies, but
> nothing relevant.
>
> ANCC is a certification body, and our mandate is narrowly related to
> credentialing.   We have a collaborative relationship with the American
> College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP), and they handle advocacy and policy
> issues for us that are related to our nurse practitioner certificants.  I
> suggest you contact Carolyn Hutcherson, the executive director of ACNP at
> Carolyn at acnpweb.org.
>
> If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact me by
> phone or email.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Todd
>
>
>         *Nursing Excellence: Your Journey - Our Passion*
> Todd W. Peterson
> Senior Communications Specialist
> American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
> 8515 Georgia Avenue, Ste. 400
> Silver Spring, MD 20910
> (301) 628-5191
> www.nursecredentialing.org
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Emil Bukher [mailto:emil.bukher at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:59 PM
> *To:* TanEditor; Ethics; Gova; UANInfo; Info; ANF; dcoffice at aanp.org;
> cpierson at aanp.org; admin at aanp.org; Shari Dexter; ANCC Comm; Keami Harris;
> DeJuan Jewett; Certification; Convention; ncroce at apna.org; pblack at apna.org;
> pam at mnpa.us; virginia.e.delorimier at maine.gov
>

 *Subject:* Opting Out
>
>
>  The American Medical Association allows physicians to restrict access to
> their prescribing data:
> http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/12054.html
> They offer physicians protection of privacy from pharmaceutical interests
> and pharmaceutical sales reps. What are the American Academy of Nurse
> Practitioners, the American Nurses Association and the American Nurses
> Credentialing Center doing to protect Nurse Practitioners' prescribing data?
> How can we opt out of having our prescribing data released to pharmaceutical
> sales representatives? Thank you in advance for any information you can
> provide and any comments you can offer.
>
> Emil Bukher, PMH-NP
>
> --
> Emil Bukher PMH-NP
> PROTEA Behavioral Health Services
> Waterville, ME
>
>
>
> IMPORTANT NOTICE:  This e-mail is meant only for the use of the
> intended recipient(s).  It may contain confidential information which is
> legally privileged or otherwise protected by law.  If you received this
> e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to
> you, you are strictly prohibited from reviewing, using, disseminating,
> distributing or copying the e-mail.  PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY OF THE
> ERROR BY RETURN E-MAIL AND DELETE THIS MESSAGE FROM YOUR SYSTEM.  Thank
> you for your cooperation.
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.nurse.net/pipermail/maine-nps/attachments/20070506/5352c8ea/attachment.html