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Just one week after HCA Healthcare reported a data theft that affected more than 170 of its hospitals and could impact more than 11 million of its patients, the sprawling Nashville-based health system is facing a class action lawsuit for the breach. WHY IT MATTERSAccording the lawsuit, filed in U.S District Court in Middle District of Tennessee, plaintiffs Gary Silvers and Richard Marous, two HCA patients living in Florida, "seek monetary damages and injunctive and declaratory relief" arising from HCA's failure to safeguard the personally identifiable information and protected health information of the patients of "hospitals and physician groups it owned or operated, which resulted in unauthorized access to its information systems on or around June 2023." The plaintiffs allege that HCA "did not use reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the sensitive information it was maintaining" for its patients and customers, suc
Plaintiffs say the apparent theft of identity and other information announced this past week, which could impact as many as 11 million people, happened because the health system did not use "reasonable security procedures and practices."
Hospitals and health systems across the US face lawsuits for data breach incidents involving patients protected health information. Read about 4 health system