theDataMap

Documenting all the places
personal data goes.

healthDataMap


Legend: with your name, without your name.
Click on a circle above for names of organizations and details of data shared.


Your physician may send your health information to another Physician or Specialist to get a second opinion with your consent. This information has your name and detailed information. Both parties must adhere to HIPAA.

Examples

Florida Heart & Lung Surgery purchases statewide personal hospital discharge data from at least FL [source]. See more information about the fields of data shared, an example of matching real names to the records in statewide discharge data, and which states use standards less than the HIPAA standard.

  

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