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Hospital organizations or entities authorized by the state receive patient health data from providers and distribute that information to researchers, analytic companies, prescription analytic companies, public health departments, the CDC, health prayers, other government entities, health information technology companies, the FTC, online websites, employee unions and providers.

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Analytics companies get and give data from statewide discharge data holders, providers, pharmaceutical companies, equipment manufacturers and health insurance companies. Analytics companies do analysis and data mining to investigate the outcomes of health care practices.

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Schools and education departments uses your information such as allergy concerns, medical needs and health care providers to make sure your child gets the proper care if needed. Schools then have the ability to share your information with social services in case there is any concerns or additional help that affects the child's education

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Social Services rely on the education and law & justice systems to collect their data along with collecting data from you. Social workers commonly work with kids who have a troubled childhood and may be having issues in school or with the law, so they rely on these sources to be able to provide a service for you (the customer).

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Game companies often require a person to create an account with them. Accounts require things like phone numbers, emails, xbox account information, and addresses. This can earn a person in game rewards as well as merchandise like clothes and figures. When these companies are hacked this information is released.

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Hospitals provide patient health data to authorized hospital associations who then distribute that information to a larger range of companies. States and hospital consortiums can make patient data public as long as names and dates of birth are removed.

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Medical transportation vehicles like ambulances and medical helicopters collect medical information on the way to the hospital. They take data from you, your healthcare insurance provider, or your care facility

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The CDC collects hospital release data around the country in order to track different diseases being treated in hospitals. This data has been intercepted by hackers before and they have obtained access to files of the medical records of people with HIV, Cardiovascular disease, and DSHS infectious disease. This breach in very sensitive data is no bueno because most people that have an infectious disease would rather it not be public information. Data that is meant only for the hospital is taken, which violates patient-care provider confidentiality.

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Financial companies, like Equifax and banks, collect tons of data on each user like Social Security Numbers, credit card numbers, and bank accounts. This data is usually safe, but when stolen and decrypted, will give tons of data on your economic status and tons others instead of just an individual.

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The main risk of having EMRs and other electronic medical data is that much of this data can be bought and sold by companies who possess the data.  These types of electronic data include records of hospitalizations that occur in individual states, demographics of patients, diagnoses, procedures, the physician who provided treatment, hospital, charges (bills), and how the charges were paid.  Cross-referencing discharge notes and other hospital information can easily be matched up with news stories, criminal reports, and other data mediums.  Discharge data is disclosed in accordance with state laws and therefore is not protected by the Health Information Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) Act.

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The CDC purchases statewide personal hospital discharge data. They use the data to conduct research and it is used as base information for each year of conducted operations and procedures.

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Pharmaceutical companies receive data from researchers, pharmacies, analytics companies, and prescriptions. They use the data obtained to provide information to researchers, analytics companies, and the company's sales force.

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hospitals are allowed by the state receive patient health data from providers and distribute that information to researchers, analytic companies, prescription analytic companies, public health departments, the CDC, health payers, other government entities, health information technology companies, the FTC, online websites, employee unions and providers.

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Electronic Commerce - Valentina Kononenko

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Electronic Commerce - Valentina Kononenko

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Companies like Ebay and Amazon can collect vast amounts of information from you and other people based on what products consumers buy from online.

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The media receives discharge data from physicians and hospitals, most often for news reporting on health and diseases. Magazines or newspapers will use statewide data from at least the state they are centered I, but may also collect others. For example, LA Times purchases statewide personal hospital discharge data from at least CA.

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The life insurance company only receives information from you when you apply. This is surprising because I would think that the life insurance company would seek out information about you from other sources.

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The majority of the data the insurer gets is from your hospital/physician. The insurer also sends that information to the SSA, your employer, a consulting physician and researchers swell as sending information about the payment and what happened back to the hospital who then tells you how much your copay is while also sending data to the researchers who send it to places like the cdc.

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In order to go to a doctor or hospital, a lot of data is collected about your person. Such data includes your email, social security number, name and address and this information is often subject to hackers.

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Provides direct medical care, store records of health information, and submits bills to your insurance company. Health information is shared among various departments.

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Every state collects data on patients, whether it is through hospitals or physicians. Only 33 states sell or give away personal health data. The data that is released has been edited to protect the individual. Things like names and birthdays are either entirely removed or made less detailed.

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The Researcher
Receives Data from:
-You
-Healthcare Providers
-Pharmaceutical Companies
-Others
There are many different corporations that do research based on information on the website. For each example of a corporation collecting data, there was another example given of a corporation that had a data breach. This shows that sensitive data could realistically fall into the wrong hands at a higher chance than one would originally think.

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Social Service programs collect medical information specifically about you, but only if you are in their server area. even if you are just on the client list, you are considered to have implied medical Conditions.

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Data about health is provided by employers for worker's compensation which they can retrieve from personal hospital discharge data. For retirement and benefit programs, you would have to provide your information.

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Your financial groups/services information required, are collected from your Discharge Data. Finding how much it would cost to cover it financially.

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To apply for a job a lot of data has to be given to the employer to get the job. Once you get the job the employer sends information with your name to many places that include the AAS, Retirement and Disability, and Human resources.

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Personal transport companies collect your data whenever you use vehicles for medical reasons, such as helicopters, ambulances, or taxis. Data collected includes, but not limited to, names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and record identifiers.

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Many apps track and send your personal data to third party companies, such as Candy Crush which sends sensitive and PII data to third parties. -Adam Styer