HCA facing new lawsuit related to data breach

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is facing the fifth lawsuit from patients relating to a July data breach that compromised the information of 11 million patients, law.com reported Aug. 4.

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The lawsuit accuses the health system of failing to implement adequate data security procedures. 

The data theft from HCA affected 171 hospitals across 19 states. According to law.com, the class-action lawsuit is the third filed this week.

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Tennessee’s Middle District.

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