The Massachusetts State Attorney General's Office (AG) announced that South Shore Hospital will pay $475,000 to settle allegations that it neglected to protect patient information resulting in the exposure of 800,000 consumers' data, reports Boston Business Journal. The settlement includes $225,000 allocated to a fund that the AG can use to promote education on the protection of personal and health information, the report states. The total settlement amounted to $750,000 but the hospital's expenditures on improving security measures--$275,000--was credited back.
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