Becker's Healthcare April 3, 2023
Almost all U.S. hospital websites are sending patient data to third-party companies such as Alphabet, Meta and Adobe, SC Media reported April 3.
The report cited an April 3 study published in Health Affairs in which researchers analyzed 6,162 U.S. hospital and health system websites, including 3,747 identified non-federal acute care hospitals with websites, and found that 98.6 percent of them sent sensitive health information to third parties.
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, received 98.5 percent of patient data transfers, followed by Meta which received 55.6 percent of all third-party transfers.
Adobe Systems also received...
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