FTC probes Epic Systems over medical data access
Reuters reported on Aug. 14 that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is conducting an antitrust investigation into Epic Systems, a health records company that holds medical data for hundreds of millions of Americans, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The FTC has issued investigative demands to other firms in the health technology industry seeking information about how Epic grants or withholds data access and interoperability. Both the FTC and Epic did not provide public comment or immediate responses to Reuters. The probe raises immediate regulatory scrutiny of data sharing practices and could affect industry interoperability arrangements.
The FTC is investigating Epic Systems over data access and interoperability.
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Reuters reported the new investigation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The FTC sent…
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