Becker's Healthcare April 11, 2024
Naomi Diaz

Ninety-six percent of non-federal acute care hospitals’ websites share user data with third-parties, an April 11 study published in JAMA Network Open found.

Hospital websites often use tracking technologies that can capture user information and transmit it to third parties such as Google or Snapchat.

According to HHS, HIPAA-regulated entities are not allowed to use tracking technologies in a way that would share private health information with companies that provide these kinds of technologies.

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