U.S. States are the Biggest Data Provider on the HealthDataMap

The HealthDataMap identifies discharge data as the biggest provider of health data. States and hospital consortiums in the United States receive patient health data from hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers usually by state legislative mandate. Thirty three states make a version of the data publicly available once certain identifiers like patient name and birthdate have been removed or made less detailed. The redactions are not standardized and differ by state. Because these datasets follow state law, they are not covered by the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), which is the U.S. federal legislation that protects patient information. Only 3 states share the information using standards as tough as those prescribed by HIPAA. Most states (30) share data in a manner that is not as tough as HIPAA prescribes [source].

33 States sell or give away personal health data.

Only 3 use protections as strict as HIPAA.

Below are the names of the state organizations, whether the states has a legislative mandate, and the costs charged for the datasets.

Additionally, here are some other links for you to learn what kind of data the states offer, who are the top buyers of state offerred data, and a demonstration of the risks involved.

Notes: Costs were surveyed in 2012 and were amounts to research institutions for inpatient unrestricted versions of public data files for most recent year available. A blank value indicates that State does not release public data. Some States have data available through Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) at the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and these datasets may be at a different price and may offer different fields than those available directly from the State. [source]