$1 billion class action lawsuit filed against electronic health records vendor eClinicalWorks could be the first of many cases scrutinizing the data integrity issues of EHR vendors. The suit alleges that the vendor’s cloud-based EHR system failed to provide reliable health information for potentially millions of patients. The lawsuit seeks class action status and $999 million in damages for breach of fiduciary duty and gross negligence. Some legal experts say those filing such lawsuits will face many hurdles; others say it will be difficult to forecast how this action will progress.”]
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