Trump Administration Requires Hospitals to Disclose ER Data
WHO:
CNN - The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is the federal agency involved.
CNN - Konza Health is the private contractor tasked with analyzing the data.
CNN - Sharona Hoffman, a professor of health law at Case Western Reserve University, expressed concerns about patient privacy.
CNN - Steve Roney is a spokesperson for the CPSC.
CNN - Laura McCrary is the President and CEO of Konza Health.
CNN - Alexander Hoehn-Saric is a former CPSC chair.
WHAT:
KFF Health News - The CPSC's new injury surveillance program will require hospitals to provide records for any of more than 10,000 conditions, including injuries not involving consumer products, such as “poisoning by” vaccines or contact with stingrays.
KFF Health News - Konza Health stated it would hold onto patient health information for at least 30 days.
CNN - The CPSC is demanding hospitals to share detailed, personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms.
CNN - The CPSC aims to obtain millions of Americans’ medical records from emergency room visits for various injuries.
CNN - The CPSC wants at least 100 hospitals to start sending detailed medical records by the end of this year.
CNN - Konza Health won a five-year contract worth up to $15.9 million with the CPSC.
WHERE:
CNN - The initiative targets hospitals across the United States, including large urban and rural health systems, as well as small, publicly owned hospitals.
WHEN:
CNN - The CPSC announced the program on July 21.
CNN - The CPSC wants hospitals to start sending records by the end of this year.
WHY:
CNN - The CPSC is modernizing its surveillance system to improve the quality and quantity of injury surveillance data.
CNN - The initiative is part of the Trump administration's broader effort to gain access to millions of Americans’ medical records.
HOW:
KFF Health News - CPSC Chief Data Officer Elizabeth Puchek informed hospitals that they must seek an exemption from the program if they decline to share patients’ emergency room records with Konza.
CNN - The CPSC is pressuring hospital executives to share personally identifiable health data with Konza Health.
CNN - Konza Health will automatically pull and analyze medical records of all patient visits from ERs nationwide.
CNN - The CPSC has suggested that hospitals could face penalties for not participating in the new surveillance system.
(UPDATED July 27, 2026 21:22 UTC)
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has launched a new injury surveillance program that will require hospitals to provide records for over 10,000 conditions, including some injuries unrelated to consumer products, like vaccine-related poisonings or stingray encounters. Konza Health announced it will retain patient health information for a minimum of 30 days, while CPSC Chief Data Officer Elizabeth Puchek has made it clear that hospitals must seek an exemption if they choose not to share emergency room records with Konza. This new initiative aims to enhance the understanding of injury trends and improve public health responses.
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(UPDATED July 27, 2026 19:31 UTC)
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is demanding that hospitals across the United States share detailed, personally identifiable medical records of all patients seeking help in emergency rooms, aiming to collect this data from at least 100 hospitals by the end of the year. Konza Health, which has secured a five-year contract worth up to $15.9 million with the CPSC, will automatically pull and analyze these medical records, while the CPSC has indicated that hospitals could face penalties for non-compliance. Concerns about patient privacy have been raised by health law professor Sharona Hoffman, as this initiative is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to modernize injury surveillance data.