{"id":409023,"date":"2026-01-14T16:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409023\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:41:16","slug":"epic-says-nearly-300000-patient-records-were-accessed-illegally-in-a-new-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409023\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic says nearly 300,000 patient records were accessed illegally, in a new lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Epic Systems, the company behind the largest electronic health records system in medicine, is suing health information network Health Gorilla and several of Health Gorilla\u2019s clients over improperly accessing nearly 300,000 patient records managed by Epic.<\/p>\n

Epic\u2019s lawsuit, filed Tuesday morning in a federal court in California, alleges fraud and breach of contract by Health Gorilla\u2019s customers who requested and accessed the health records under the guise of being health care providers, and then using the records for financial gain instead of providing treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Epic, the dominant player in the U.S. health records market, has long battled accusations that it doesn\u2019t share the health records<\/a> it manages with others easily. The new lawsuit comes as Epic is embroiled in an antitrust lawsuit<\/a> brought against it by Particle Health, which claims that Epic used its market dominance to illegally block access to health records.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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