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# Hospital Blocks Patient Data Opt-Out Despite Own Privacy Policy
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/hospital-blocks-patient-data-opt-out-despite-own-privacy-policy/
- Published: 2026-10-15T23:16:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T23:16:56.000Z
- Description: Epic Systems’ MyChart, which powers health records for millions of Americans, advertises patient control over data sharing.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-consumer, privacy, consumer behavior, trust

Source: [The Markup](https://themarkup.org/privacy/2026/10/15/mychart-health-data-opt-out-epic-notary-hipaa?ref=adjacent.media)

Epic Systems' MyChart, which powers health records for millions of Americans, advertises patient control over data sharing. The Markup's investigation found major hospitals actively obstruct the opt-out process through bureaucratic friction, misinformation, and outright refusal to honor their stated policies. The result is a gap between healthcare's stated privacy practices and actual patient agency: the burden of asserting rights is steep enough that most people abandon the attempt rather than persist.