Mayo Clinic sued over breach of patient health records

Nov 13, 2020

Patients filed class-action complaints against the Mayo Clinic this past week. They areaccusing the system of violating the Minnesota Health Records Act. Mayo Clinic said in a news release in October that a former employee had inappropriately accessed the health records of more than 1,600 patients. Now, multiple patients are seeking to have a class-action case declared against the clinic.According to a complaint filed last week in Olmsted County District Court, Mayo Clinic told plaintiff Olga Ryabchuk that the potentially accessible data included her name, demographic information, birth date, medical record number and clinical notes.

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Mayo Clinic sued over breach of patient health records

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