Privacy? LOL!
I worked for a major hospital group that is still in the process of implementing their EMR product utilizing Cerner. The amount of waste and outright corruption was MIND BOGGLING! And you think your personal data is safe? We had at least 4 intrusion attempts per year with at least 1 getting into systems that contained patient data. Our security teams were an absolute joke.
Hospitals are generally non-profit and pay their non-clinical staff peanuts compared to the for-profit world. IT people who love what they do and will work for whatever wage will occupy those IT positions. Those with aspirations to higher IT and better wages go to for-profit business. Then you have who my wife affectionately calls “The C students.” Sadly, the C-students occupy a majority of those IT positions.
Do not opt-in to any biometric tracking programs if you’re admitted to a hospital. That data will get out.