Global EditionCompliance & LegalParticle Health files antitrust suit against EpicThe high-stakes lawsuit alleges that the EHR giant violated federal law prohibiting unfair business practices. Epic, meanwhile, says that Particle has violated HIPAA.By Andrea FoxSeptember 23, 202404:33 PM

Global EditionCompliance&LegalParticle Health对Epic提起反托拉斯诉讼高风险诉讼称，这家EHR巨头违反了禁止不公平商业行为的联邦法律。与此同时，Epic表示该粒子违反了HIPAA。作者：Andrea Fox404:33 PM，9月23日

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Particle Health, the data exchange and analytics company, filed a lawsuit filed Monday in the Southern District of New York alleging that Epic Systems Corp. is using its monopoly over electronic health records to block its provider customers from getting full patient medical records – and also barring the Particle platform from competing in the fledgling payer platform market. .

数据交换和分析公司粒子健康（Particle Health）周一在纽约南区提起诉讼，指控Epic Systems Corp.利用其对电子健康记录的垄断地位，阻止其提供商客户获取完整的患者病历，并禁止粒子平台在羽翼未丰的支付平台市场上竞争。。

'Unchecked power'

'未检查电源'

Particle Health said in a statement sent to Healthcare IT News that it does not pursue the lawsuit lightly, but is suing in the name of preventing patient harm.

Particle Health在发给Healthcare IT News的一份声明中表示，它不会轻易提起诉讼，而是以防止患者伤害的名义提起诉讼。

'When patient care is being harmed and powerful incumbents are stymying progress, we’re forced to do something,' said Jason Prestinario, the company's CEO, in the statement.

该公司首席执行官杰森·普雷斯蒂纳里奥（JasonPrestinario）在声明中说，当患者护理受到损害，强大的现任者阻碍进展时，我们被迫采取行动。

Particle alleges Epic violated the Sherman Antitrust Act. It's seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief.

粒子公司声称Epic违反了谢尔曼反托拉斯法。它正在寻求金钱赔偿和禁令救济。

'After Epic’s clear abuse of power, we believe it is our responsibility to defend our mission, which drives innovation and ensures that patients receive an ethical and transparent quality of care,' Prestinario also said Monday in a social media post.

普雷斯蒂纳里奥（Prestinario）周一在一篇社交媒体帖子中还表示：“在Epic明显滥用权力之后，我们认为捍卫我们的使命是我们的责任，我们的使命推动创新，确保患者获得合乎道德且透明的护理质量。”。

He added that the EHR giant – which holds health information for nearly every American – is using its dominance to 'thwart an emerging industry' breaking down patient data silos notorious to healthcare,' alleging that 'one private company has unchecked power over our healthcare.'

他补充说，这家拥有几乎所有美国人健康信息的电子病历巨头正在利用其主导地位“挫败一个新兴行业”，打破医疗保健领域臭名昭著的患者数据孤岛，声称“一家私人公司对我们的医疗保健拥有不受控制的权力”

Particle claims, for example, that community oncology practices have seen the quality of care for more 2,800 patients compromised due to Epic blocking important clinical information to doctors who work on Epic’s EHR software.

例如，Particle声称，社区肿瘤学实践已经看到2800多名患者的护理质量受到影响，因为Epic阻止了使用Epic EHR软件的医生获得重要的临床信息。

While Particle has attempted to deliver those records, the company said it explained in its complaint, Epic is willing to go to extreme lengths to edge out competition.

虽然Particle试图创造这些记录，但该公司表示，它在投诉中解释说，Epic愿意尽最大努力超越竞争对手。

'It is willing to cut its own customers off from vital patient data, risking the lives of the most vulnerable patients in the process,' Particle said in a statement.

Particle在一份声明中说，它愿意切断自己客户的重要患者数据，在这一过程中冒着最脆弱患者生命的风险。

Epic's response

Epic的回应

'Particle’s claims are baseless,' an Epic spokesperson told Healthcare IT News by email Monday.

Epic发言人周一通过电子邮件告诉医疗IT新闻，Particle的说法毫无根据。

In March, Epic filed a formal dispute with Carequality – a non-profit nationwide health information exchange – claiming that Particle was sharing patient data for purposes not authorized under privacy protection law, according to a statement on the latter's website. Particle denied wrongdoing and said it complied with all informal inquiries from Epic over several months..

3月，Epic与Carequality（一家非营利的全国性健康信息交换机构）提起正式纠纷，称Particle共享患者数据的目的未经隐私保护法授权，根据后者网站上的声明。粒子否认有不当行为，并表示在几个月内遵守了Epic的所有非正式询问。。

'This lawsuit attempts to divert attention from the real issue: Particle’s unlawful actions on the Carequality health information exchange network violated HIPAA privacy regulations,' the Epic spokesperson said.

Epic发言人说，这起诉讼试图转移人们对真实问题的注意力：Particle在Carequality健康信息交换网络上的非法行为违反了HIPAA隐私规定。

'Particle’s complaint mischaracterizes Carequality’s decision, which in fact proposes banning Particle customers that were accessing patient data for impermissible purposes.'

“Particle的投诉错误地描述了Carequality的决定，该决定实际上建议禁止出于不允许的目的访问患者数据的Particle客户。”

Particle also said that Epic not only cut off access to data, but filed 'now-discredited complaints, and overwhelmed Particle’s support operations by stoking baseless security concerns.'

粒子公司还表示，Epic不仅切断了对数据的访问，而且提出了“现在不可信的投诉，并通过煽动毫无根据的安全担忧压倒了粒子公司的支持行动”

We've reached out to Carequality, the clinical interoperability framework, for a statement and will update the story if one is provided.

我们已经联系了临床互操作性框架Carequality，以获得一份声明，如果有提供，我们将更新故事。

Recent history of dispute

近期争议史

Particle Health, which according to its website aggregates, cleans and contextualizes clinical data to provide a clearer picture of patient health, has been in a dispute with Epic for nearly six months.

粒子健康公司（Particle Health）根据其网站汇总、清理和关联临床数据，以提供更清晰的患者健康状况，该公司与Epic的争议已持续近六个月。

In April, the company's founder Troy Bannister confirmed that Epic stopped responding to requests for patient information on the Carequality framework from its customers.

4月，该公司创始人特洛伊·班尼斯特（TroyBannister）证实，Epic停止回应客户关于护理质量框架的患者信息请求。

'These partners were all reviewed by Carequality prior to onboarding and they are entitled to fair and transparent treatment by the network and other implementers,' he said in a social media post.

他在一篇社交媒体帖子中说：“这些合作伙伴在入职前都经过了Carequality的审查，他们有权得到网络和其他实施者公平透明的待遇。”。

'Carequality takes any dispute very seriously and is committed to maintaining the integrity of the dispute resolution process as well as trusted exchange within the framework,' the interoperability framework responded in a statement on its website just days later.

“Carequality非常认真地对待任何争议，并致力于维护争议解决过程的完整性以及框架内的可信交换，”互用性框架几天后在其网站上的一份声明中做出回应。

But, 'Carequality cannot comment on the existence of any dispute nor comment on the activities of implementers.'

但是，“Carequality不能评论任何争议的存在，也不能评论实施者的活动。”

Bannister said that despite Epic disconnecting providers on a 'massive scale' without warning, Particle – a startup that received millions in investment in 2022 and 2020 would remain connected to the health information exchange framework.

Bannister说，尽管Epic在没有警告的情况下“大规模”断开了提供商的连接，但Particle（一家在2022年和2020年获得数百万投资的初创公司）仍将与健康信息交换框架保持连接。

'Our healthcare system stands at a crossroads,' said Particle's Prestinario in a statement. 'Timely and complete medical information is critical to effective care. Regrettably, Epic is hoarding the data, showing how it can rapidly seize control of all markets that depend on the clinical records that rightfully belong to patients.'.

“我们的医疗体系正处于十字路口，”粒子公司的Prestinario在一份声明中说及时完整的医疗信息对于有效护理至关重要。令人遗憾的是，Epic正在囤积数据，表明它如何能够迅速控制所有依赖于正确属于患者的临床记录的市场。”。

'Epic’s software is open and interoperable, allowing healthcare organizations to easily share data under HIPAA and all relevant regulations,' a spokesperson for the EHR company said by email. 'Epic will continue to protect patient privacy and vigorously defend itself against Particle’s meritless claims.'.

EHR公司的一位发言人通过电子邮件表示：“Epic的软件是开放的、可互操作的，允许医疗保健组织根据HIPAA和所有相关法规轻松共享数据。”。

Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

AndreaFox是《医疗IT新闻》的高级编辑。

Email: afox@himss.orgHealthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

电子邮件：afox@himss.orgHealthcareIT News是HIMSS的媒体出版物。

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主题：法规遵从性与法律、电子健康记录（EHR、EMR）、互操作性、隐私与安全

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Particle Health, the data exchange and analytics company, filed a lawsuit filed Monday in the Southern District of New York alleging that Epic Systems Corp. is using its monopoly over electronic health records to block its provider customers from getting full patient medical records – and also barring the Particle platform from competing in the fledgling payer platform market. .

数据交换和分析公司粒子健康（Particle Health）周一在纽约南区提起诉讼，指控Epic Systems Corp.利用其对电子健康记录的垄断地位，阻止其提供商客户获取完整的患者病历，并禁止粒子平台在羽翼未丰的支付平台市场上竞争。。

'Unchecked power'

'未检查电源'

Particle Health said in a statement sent to Healthcare IT News that it does not pursue the lawsuit lightly, but is suing in the name of preventing patient harm.

Particle Health在发给Healthcare IT News的一份声明中表示，它不会轻易提起诉讼，而是以防止患者伤害的名义提起诉讼。

'When patient care is being harmed and powerful incumbents are stymying progress, we’re forced to do something,' said Jason Prestinario, the company's CEO, in the statement.

该公司首席执行官杰森·普雷斯蒂纳里奥（JasonPrestinario）在声明中说，当患者护理受到损害，强大的现任者阻碍进展时，我们被迫采取行动。

Particle alleges Epic violated the Sherman Antitrust Act. It's seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief.

粒子公司声称Epic违反了谢尔曼反托拉斯法。它正在寻求金钱赔偿和禁令救济。

'After Epic’s clear abuse of power, we believe it is our responsibility to defend our mission, which drives innovation and ensures that patients receive an ethical and transparent quality of care,' Prestinario also said Monday in a social media post.

普雷斯蒂纳里奥（Prestinario）周一在一篇社交媒体帖子中还表示：“在Epic明显滥用权力之后，我们认为捍卫我们的使命是我们的责任，我们的使命推动创新，确保患者获得合乎道德且透明的护理质量。”。

He added that the EHR giant – which holds health information for nearly every American – is using its dominance to 'thwart an emerging industry' breaking down patient data silos notorious to healthcare,' alleging that 'one private company has unchecked power over our healthcare.'

他补充说，这家拥有几乎所有美国人健康信息的电子病历巨头正在利用其主导地位“挫败一个新兴行业”，打破医疗保健领域臭名昭著的患者数据孤岛，声称“一家私人公司对我们的医疗保健拥有不受控制的权力”

Particle claims, for example, that community oncology practices have seen the quality of care for more 2,800 patients compromised due to Epic blocking important clinical information to doctors who work on Epic’s EHR software.

例如，Particle声称，社区肿瘤学实践已经看到2800多名患者的护理质量受到影响，因为Epic阻止了使用Epic EHR软件的医生获得重要的临床信息。

While Particle has attempted to deliver those records, the company said it explained in its complaint, Epic is willing to go to extreme lengths to edge out competition.

虽然Particle试图创造这些记录，但该公司表示，它在投诉中解释说，Epic愿意尽最大努力超越竞争对手。

'It is willing to cut its own customers off from vital patient data, risking the lives of the most vulnerable patients in the process,' Particle said in a statement.

Particle在一份声明中说，它愿意切断自己客户的重要患者数据，在这一过程中冒着最脆弱患者生命的风险。

Epic's response

Epic的回应

'Particle’s claims are baseless,' an Epic spokesperson told Healthcare IT News by email Monday.

Epic发言人周一通过电子邮件告诉医疗IT新闻，Particle的说法毫无根据。

In March, Epic filed a formal dispute with Carequality – a non-profit nationwide health information exchange – claiming that Particle was sharing patient data for purposes not authorized under privacy protection law, according to a statement on the latter's website. Particle denied wrongdoing and said it complied with all informal inquiries from Epic over several months..

3月，Epic与Carequality（一家非营利的全国性健康信息交换机构）提起正式纠纷，称Particle共享患者数据的目的未经隐私保护法授权，根据后者网站上的声明。粒子否认有不当行为，并表示在几个月内遵守了Epic的所有非正式询问。。

'This lawsuit attempts to divert attention from the real issue: Particle’s unlawful actions on the Carequality health information exchange network violated HIPAA privacy regulations,' the Epic spokesperson said.

Epic发言人说，这起诉讼试图转移人们对真实问题的注意力：Particle在Carequality健康信息交换网络上的非法行为违反了HIPAA隐私规定。

'Particle’s complaint mischaracterizes Carequality’s decision, which in fact proposes banning Particle customers that were accessing patient data for impermissible purposes.'

“Particle的投诉错误地描述了Carequality的决定，该决定实际上建议禁止出于不允许的目的访问患者数据的Particle客户。”

Particle also said that Epic not only cut off access to data, but filed 'now-discredited complaints, and overwhelmed Particle’s support operations by stoking baseless security concerns.'

粒子公司还表示，Epic不仅切断了对数据的访问，而且提出了“现在不可信的投诉，并通过煽动毫无根据的安全担忧压倒了粒子公司的支持行动”

We've reached out to Carequality, the clinical interoperability framework, for a statement and will update the story if one is provided.

我们已经联系了临床互操作性框架Carequality，以获得一份声明，如果有提供，我们将更新故事。

Recent history of dispute

近期争议史

Particle Health, which according to its website aggregates, cleans and contextualizes clinical data to provide a clearer picture of patient health, has been in a dispute with Epic for nearly six months.

粒子健康公司（Particle Health）根据其网站汇总、清理和关联临床数据，以提供更清晰的患者健康状况，该公司与Epic的争议已持续近六个月。

In April, the company's founder Troy Bannister confirmed that Epic stopped responding to requests for patient information on the Carequality framework from its customers.

4月，该公司创始人特洛伊·班尼斯特（TroyBannister）证实，Epic停止回应客户关于护理质量框架的患者信息请求。

'These partners were all reviewed by Carequality prior to onboarding and they are entitled to fair and transparent treatment by the network and other implementers,' he said in a social media post.

他在一篇社交媒体帖子中说：“这些合作伙伴在入职前都经过了Carequality的审查，他们有权得到网络和其他实施者公平透明的待遇。”。

'Carequality takes any dispute very seriously and is committed to maintaining the integrity of the dispute resolution process as well as trusted exchange within the framework,' the interoperability framework responded in a statement on its website just days later.

“Carequality非常认真地对待任何争议，并致力于维护争议解决过程的完整性以及框架内的可信交换，”互用性框架几天后在其网站上的一份声明中做出回应。

But, 'Carequality cannot comment on the existence of any dispute nor comment on the activities of implementers.'

但是，“Carequality不能评论任何争议的存在，也不能评论实施者的活动。”

Bannister said that despite Epic disconnecting providers on a 'massive scale' without warning, Particle – a startup that received millions in investment in 2022 and 2020 would remain connected to the health information exchange framework.

Bannister说，尽管Epic在没有警告的情况下“大规模”断开了提供商的连接，但Particle（一家在2022年和2020年获得数百万投资的初创公司）仍将与健康信息交换框架保持连接。

'Our healthcare system stands at a crossroads,' said Particle's Prestinario in a statement. 'Timely and complete medical information is critical to effective care. Regrettably, Epic is hoarding the data, showing how it can rapidly seize control of all markets that depend on the clinical records that rightfully belong to patients.'.

“我们的医疗体系正处于十字路口，”粒子公司的Prestinario在一份声明中说及时完整的医疗信息对于有效护理至关重要。令人遗憾的是，Epic正在囤积数据，表明它如何能够迅速控制所有依赖于正确属于患者的临床记录的市场。”。

'Epic’s software is open and interoperable, allowing healthcare organizations to easily share data under HIPAA and all relevant regulations,' a spokesperson for the EHR company said by email. 'Epic will continue to protect patient privacy and vigorously defend itself against Particle’s meritless claims.'.

EHR公司的一位发言人通过电子邮件表示：“Epic的软件是开放的、可互操作的，允许医疗保健组织根据HIPAA和所有相关法规轻松共享数据。”。

Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

AndreaFox是《医疗IT新闻》的高级编辑。

Email: afox@himss.orgHealthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

电子邮件：afox@himss.orgHealthcareIT News是HIMSS的媒体出版物。