California Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal in Data Breach Lawsuit Ruling

Healthcare Informatics: The year 2014 continues to be a kind year to healthcare provider organizations in California that have been sued for a data breach.
 
Earlier this year, courts in California have ruled that both Eisenhower Medical Center, a 524-bed community hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., and Sutter Health, a Sacramento nonprofit health system, were not liable for their respective data breaches. This week, the California Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal against two lower court decisions that went in favor of Sutter.

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