Data Breach
After a vendor’s electronic file that included certain Stanford Hospital & Clinics patient information was discovered on a web site on August 22, 2011, it was removed the next day and SHC began an aggressive investigation.
A $20 million dollar lawsuit was filed against Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Multi-Specialty Collection Services LLC, for the data breach that had the medical records of 20,000 patients on commercial website for a year. Stanford Hospitals & Clinics has severed all connections with this contractor and will "vigorously defend" itself.
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