Here are lawsuits involving five hospitals and health systems as reported by Becker’s since Aug. 23:
- Tacoma, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is facing a lawsuit that alleges it shared patients’ protected health information with third parties like Meta. The health system has denied the allegations.
- Seymour, Ind.-based Schneck Medical Center reached a $250,000 agreement with Indiana after the state filed a lawsuit against the health system for a 2021 cyberattack.
- Knoxville-based East Tennessee Children’s Hospital agreed to pay $1.55 million to resolve claims that it failed to protect patient information in a March 2022 data breach.
- San Antonio-based CentroMed is facing two patient-led lawsuits over a June 9 data breach that affected 350,000 individuals.
- Tampa (Fla.) General is facing three lawsuits for a May 31 data breach that affected 1.2 million patients.
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