Healthcare Innovation April 26, 2024
On April 25, Kaiser Permanente execs shared with the press that their health plan had had a data breach exposing the data of 13.4 million plan members
The Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente organization has experienced a data breach that involves the data of 13.4 million members; the health plan has filed a legally required notice with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of the breach, which is the largest confirmed healthcare-related data breach of 2024 so far.
Reporter Zack Whittaker of TechCrunch first broke the story, writing on April 25 that “U.S. health conglomerate Kaiser is notifying millions of current and former members of a data breach after confirming it shared patients’ information with third-party advertisers, including Google,...