https://sift-health.pages.dev/blog Writing on healthcare website risk: online tracking, HIPAA, and enforcement. en-us Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://sift-health.pages.dev/blog/does-google-analytics-violate-hipaa https://sift-health.pages.dev/blog/does-google-analytics-violate-hipaa Google Analytics is not automatically a HIPAA violation — but on patient-facing pages it can be. Here is what the HHS OCR online-tracking guidance actually says, what changed after the 2024 court ruling, and how to decide what belongs on your site. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT google-analytics hipaa tracking guidance https://sift-health.pages.dev/blog/meta-pixel-hospital-enforcement-explained https://sift-health.pages.dev/blog/meta-pixel-hospital-enforcement-explained How a single advertising pixel on appointment pages triggered breach notifications to millions of patients, multi-million-dollar settlements, and a joint FTC/OCR warning — and what the pattern means for any healthcare website. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT meta-pixel enforcement tracking hipaa https://sift-health.pages.dev/blog/healthcare-website-risk-checklist https://sift-health.pages.dev/blog/healthcare-website-risk-checklist Launching or redesigning a practice website? Here is a concrete, ordered checklist — transport security, trackers, forms, privacy policy, and hygiene — that catches the issues regulators and plaintiffs have actually pursued. Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT checklist launch forms security-headers