Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records

By: Amanda Seitz, Maia Rosenfeld, Darius Tahir

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: July 28, 2026

Words: 1,949

Last Updated: 5 days, 23 hours ago

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This article first appeared on KFF Health News and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission, responsible for tracking …

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