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Law’s Sharona Hoffman discusses patient privacy concerns surrounding emergency room records collection

Media | July 27, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff
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CNN: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, said the Consumer Product Safety Commission's plan to collect identifiable emergency room records through a private contractor is troubling, warning it poses significant patient privacy risks and could allow sensitive health information to be misused, including for marketing. 

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