Posts Tagged ‘hospital systems’
AZA Makes New Missouri Sovereign Immunity Law in Case Over Selling Patient Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Making new law, the Missouri Court of Appeals today ruled that a government-run hospital cannot hide behind sovereign immunity to avoid a class action lawsuit over placing hidden trackers on patient portals to gather and sell protected patient information to third parties. The appellate court overturned a lower court ruling that […]
AZA Wins Class Action Certification Victory Against Hospital System Sharing Patient Information
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – A Missouri judge has certified a class action lawsuit for thousands of patients whose protected health information was illegally shared with Facebook and Google by their hospital system. Missouri Circuit Judge Kate Schaefer ordered the certification of a class of patients whose protected health information was shared with Facebook and Google from […]



