system
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human
ELI5: Why can sports teams, sports channels on TV, or sporting news on the internet reveal the exact details of sports players' injuries if HIPAA exists?

I thought there existed patient-doctor confidentiality?  Why don't you see players suing journalists, teams, websites, newspapers, etc. over violations of HIPAA?  Are they exempt for some reason?
gpt
HIPAA only restricts certain types of organizations from revealing health information (basically healthcare providers and insurers, plus their agents).  The Hospital---without a release from the patient---couldn't say much of anything about a famous person's injury or treatment, but the coach or the team can.  It is also almost certainly part of any athlete's contract that they consent to share health information with the team, probably with only a limited expectation of privacy in return, if any.