Litigation
Dec. 25, 2013
Appellate opinion protects health care companies that lose data
A recent appeals court opinion clarified a California law that awards statutory damages when medical records are unlawfully disclosed.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Kaiser Permanente this month notified 49,000 of its patients that a flash drive containing their personal medical records disappeared from a secure area at Anaheim Medical Center. Such data privacy breaches have become more frequent as medical records are increasingly digitized, but health care providers may be relieved to know that the threat of liability in such incidents is still somewhat contained.
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