The federal court order permanently bars GuardDog from accessing TEFCA and Carequality.
Read the story →In a step forward for patient privacy, GuardDog agrees to a federal court order that, if entered, would permanently bar GuardDog from accessing TEFCA and Carequality.
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At Reid Health, our patients always come first, and that means protecting their personal and medical information at every step. We are proud to stand with Epic and other leading healthcare organizations against the unethical and illegal monetization of patient data. Patients’ trust is sacred, and we refuse to let it be exploited. This lawsuit is about doing what is right, ending deceptive practices that misuse sensitive health information, and protecting the systems that make safe, coordinated care possible. Patient data should only ever be used for one purpose: healing, not profit. Reid Health will always defend our patients’ privacy and uphold the integrity of care.
We are taking this action now in partnership with Epic to protect our members and their patients, while raising awareness to address a growing public threat we see for the future of national health information exchange. By standing together, we aim to preserve the trust that patients and providers have long placed in data sharing frameworks to seamlessly connect high-quality care in service of their health and well-being.
GuardDog Telehealth, a Texas firm, acknowledged in court documents that its business was based on mining individual health data.
Epic filed a consent judgment with GuardDog a telehealth company and one of eight defendants that Epic accused of fraudulently pulling sensitive patient information from national health data networks.
The nation’s largest health records company alleges your sensitive data is a highly sought-after commodity by outside firms.
A lawsuit filed by electronic health record giant Epic could encourage reforms to a problematic system, where non-health companies can get their hands on patient records without their knowledge.
OCHIN, Reid Health, Trinity Health and UMass Memorial Health join the electronic health record vendor in a new federal lawsuit alleging improper access and monetization of 300,000 patient medical records.
Epic Systems and four health systems filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing data broker Health Gorilla and several other companies of engaging in a fraudulent scheme to acquire patient records.
Epic Systems sued several companies on Tuesday, accusing them of improperly accessing hundreds of thousands of patient medical records and selling their data, including to mass tort attorneys looking for clients.
The lawsuit details a scheme in which health organizations are using HIE interoperability frameworks to access and use patient health records for financial gain.
Epic, OCHIN, Reid Health, Trinity Health, and UMass Memorial Health have filed a lawsuit accusing Health Gorilla and a network of companies and individuals of fraudulently accessing and monetizing sensitive patient medical records through national health information exchange frameworks.
Complaint: The companies improperly accessed and monetized nearly 300K patient medical records from Epic.
