Americans Most-Trust Health Care Providers With Their Data – But Are They Right To Do So?

Health Populi August 27, 2019
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

Americans least-trust social media companies, Internet search engines, and the Federal government to keep their personal information secure.

Americans most-trust their doctors, their banks, and their hospitals to protect their personal information.

Are people clear-headed about this perception? I pose, prompted by this month’s survey from POLITICO and the Harvard Chan School of Public Health on data privacy and e-cigarettes.

The first table shows that major finding, with a view on the consumer’s political party identification. There are interesting results revealed by party ID:

• More Democrats trust doctors, hospitals, health plans, and credit card companies with their personal data.
• More Republicans trust phone companies, online retailers like Amazon or Walmart, and the Federal government.
• Independents toggle to hospitals, credit...

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