Healthcare Vendors Sharing PHI with Facebook: Analysis & Recommendations
A bombshell news report was issued by The Markup on June 16 in their publication, Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites.
Specifically, the report claims that healthcare organizations across the country have installed Meta Facebook’s Meta Pixel tracking tool on patient portals and other patient-facing websites. The Meta Pixel platform reportedly sends Facebook Protected Health Information (PHI) including patient names, IP addresses, names of doctors, appointment information, prescription details, and more for many of the nation’s hospitals.
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