Facebook collecting medical info from hospital websites - Video
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Overview
As per the investigative report jointly published by STAT and The Markup, a tracking tool on approximately one third of hospital websites in the United States has sent private patient information to Facebook.
The tracker, known as Meta Pixel, was identified in online appointment schedule features in 33 of Newsweek's top 100 hospitals in America; in 7 of these hospitals, the tracker also was linked to the hospital's patient portal feature.
Speakers
Roshni Dhar, a Mass com graduate with a soft corner for health happenings, joined Medical Dialogues as a news anchor in 2021. Inspired by her mother who is a gynaecologist, she likes to keep herself and the world updated on the occurring in the medical field. She covers various aspects of health news for MDTV at Medical Dialogues. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751
