Becker's Healthcare January 17, 2025
The ongoing legal conflict between Epic Systems, a leading EHR provider, and Particle Health, a health data exchange startup, has unfolded over several key events:
March: Epic filed a formal complaint with Carequality, a nationwide health information exchange framework both companies are a part of, alleging that Particle Health misrepresented its reasons for accessing patient records. Epic claimed that Particle was sharing data with entities using the information for non-treatment purposes, leading Epic to block certain groups from accessing patient data through Particle’s Carequality connection.
May 3: Particle Health responded to Epic’s claims and filed its own complaint against Epic, accusing the company of suspending responses to its data requests without proper justification.
Sept. 23: Particle Health escalated the dispute...
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