Becker's Healthcare September 27, 2024
Naomi Diaz

Epic is urging Carequality, an interoperability network, to disclose the findings of a previous dispute involving Particle Health, which raised concerns about the company’s data-sharing practices.

The dispute, initiated at the request of Epic’s customer governing council, centers on concerns that customers of Particle Health — a data platform that facilitates access to information between Epic and organizations such as hospitals and clinics — have allegedly accessed medical records under false pretenses, potentially jeopardizing patient data privacy, according to a Sept. 27 news release from Epic.

Six things to know about the Epic-Particle Health dispute and the companies’ history:

  1. In the release, Epic pointed to a business named Integritort, which allegedly misrepresented itself as a healthcare provider treating patients....

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