Becker's Healthcare July 26, 2024
A dispute involving EHR vendor Epic Systems has ignited concerns about the security of medical information in the healthcare industry, Politico reported July 25.
Epic, which holds the largest market share for digital health records in hospitals, is at the center of a controversy that is unfolding behind closed doors, according to the article.
The core issue is Epic’s allegation that Integritort, a company providing medical record analyses for legal cases, improperly accessed Epic’s patient data through Carequality, a nonprofit framework designed for sharing health data. Integritort allegedly used health IT firm Particle Health to access the data by falsely claiming it was for treatment purposes, thereby bypassing the need for a physician’s authorization, which violates Carequality’s rules.
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