Patient’s Breach Of Contract Claim Over Health Info Disclosure Dismissed

(May 22, 2019, 12:11 PM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A hospital’s motion to dismiss putative class claims over the unintentional disclosure of patients’ protected health information (PHI) was partly granted May 16, when a Missouri federal judge found that the lead plaintiff did not establish the existence of a contract that was breached by the data disclosure (K.A. v. Children’s Mercy Hospital, No. 4:18-cv-00514, W.D. Mo., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82725)....