Dossier
Paula Stannard
Coverage of Paula Stannard in the Nexus archive.
- The form asked my permission to share my health data. Then it wouldn’t let me say no.
Patients are often forced to sign healthcare privacy forms without understanding the terms, making it difficult to opt out of data sharing. Electronic systems complicate refusal, and risks include data misuse, breaches, and sensitive information exposure, such as abortion records crossing state lines or domestic abusers accessing pediatric records.