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Monday, April 10, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From
Health Affairs
Dear John,
What drives disparities in health care? Alan Weil joins PwC's podcast
Next in Health today to discuss that question and steps toward
addressing these inequalities. Listen here
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Third-Party Tracking On Hospital Websites
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Third-party tracking, typically installed on websites to add
functionality, is lightly regulated. On hospital websites, third-party
tracking is not subject to the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) when observing people's browsing behavior
across hospital websites.
In their new Health Affairs article, Ari Friedman and coauthors find
that nearly all hospitals allow third parties to capture data
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about how patients and other users navigate their websites.
Hospital website home pages initiate a median of sixteen data transfers
to numerous third parties, "including some of the largest technology and
social media companies, advertising firms, and data brokers."
The authors outline specific policy recommendations in their article,
asserting that policy makers should address tracking in proposed privacy
legislation that builds on the framework of the American Data Protection
and Privacy Act.
Coauthor Matthew McCoy will appear on tomorrow's episode of A Health
Podyssey
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to discuss this research and the implications for hospitals and policy
makers.
Read More
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Elsewhere At Health Affairs
Today in Forefront, Katie Schenk and coauthors draw on their lived
experiences as frontline public health professionals before and
throughout the COVID-19 response
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to discuss the urgent need to reimagine a public health workforce.
Strains on the public health workforce were recently highlighted in the
March issue of
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Affairs
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and to accompany the issue, we held a Lunch and Learn discussing the
workforce exodus in state and local public health.
If you missed the event, you can access the recording
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Health Affairs is grateful to the de Beaumont Foundation for making this
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Daily Digest
Widespread Third-Party Tracking On Hospital Websites Poses Privacy Risks
For Patients And Legal Liability For Hospitals
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B. Friedman et al.
We Are The Public Health Workforce
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What is the Individual Mandate in the ACA?
Answer: The requirement that individuals must purchase minimum essential
insurance
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