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When I worked for a healthcare software company one of my roles was technical support on a controlled substance monitoring program on a state-by-state basis.
Cops had a separate login portal, and had to go through quite a process to get their account. Once they did, they could submit a search, but had to justify it with a reason that included the warrant number. And even then, it required secondary approval of the search request by a state-level employee.
Why the fuck is that not the minimum for searching someone's whereabouts?
(To add, I think such programs are unethical when available to cops. For doctors, it was used to make sure a patient wasn't doc-shopping for opiates, and even then I'm hesitant. It has a potential to save lives via intervention upon finding someone's 'shopping, but I don't think it's usually used as a safe intervention.)