MedCity News January 13, 2026
Epic Systems and several healthcare providers have sued Health Gorilla and other companies, alleging they exploited interoperability networks to improperly access and monetize nearly 300,000 patient medical records without consent.
EHR giant Epic, together with a handful of healthcare providers, has filed a federal lawsuit aimed at stopping what it calls a scheme to exploit and monetize patient medical records without consent.
The complaint, filed January 13, claimed that certain companies improperly accessed sensitive health information and then sold or marketed that data for profit, rather than using it for legitimate medical care.
The plaintiffs are Epic, Trinity Health, UMass Memorial Health, Reid Health and OCHIN. They alleged that health data network Health Gorilla enabled other companies to inappropriately...
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