Several health systems have faced lawsuits regarding data breach incidents.
Editor's note: This article was updated on March 21.
Here are lawsuits involving six health systems as reported by Becker's since Feb. 26.
- Mena (Ark.) Regional Health System and Nashville, Ark.-based Howard Memorial Hospital are being sued for data breaches that affected 84,814 people in late 2021 and 53,668 patients in late 2022.
- San Bernardino, Calif.-based Regal Medical Group is facing 11 lawsuits for a December ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information of 3.3 million patients.
- A Lehigh Valley Health Network patient whose nude photos were posted to the dark web by a Russian ransomware gang sued the Allentown, Pa.-based health system.
- A lawsuit alleges that Lubbock (Texas) Heart & Surgical Hospital had inadequate cybersecurity practices in place when a July data breach compromised the protected health information of 23,379 current and former patients.
- Freehold, N.J.-based CentraState Medical Center has been hit with five more class-action lawsuits over a December cyberattack that affected nearly 618,000 patients, bringing the total to six.