Twelve States Take Legal Action Over Lost Patient Records

Twelve US states are suing an electronic healthcare record provider who lost 3.9 million personal records in 2015. The Attorneys general of Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina, and Wisconsin clubbed together to file suit against Indiana-based Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE) and its subsidiary NoMoreClipboard (NMC) this week. The states, who each have residents affected by the breach, are negotiating a payout with the company.

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