Patient portals handle your most sensitive data: medical records, diagnoses, prescriptions, and test results. While HIPAA provides baseline protections, these platforms still collect, share, and sometimes monetize health data in ways that may surprise you.
Healthcare platforms enjoy HIPAA protection but that doesn't prevent data sharing for research, analytics, and health system operations. De-identification standards allow more data use than patients realize. The balance between healthcare improvement and patient privacy remains contested, with platforms generally favoring broader data use.
Epic's patient portal shares data across its massive health system network. Care Everywhere feature means your records may flow to organizations you've never visited.
Cloud-based EHR with extensive analytics capabilities. Patient data feeds into aggregate research and benchmarking products sold to healthcare organizations.
Free EHR model means data monetization is central to the business. Historical pharmaceutical advertising controversy and DOJ settlement raise ongoing concerns.
Multi-provider aggregation creates complex data flows. Veradigm ownership means your data may feed into broader health IT ecosystem and analytics.