Dignity Health is facing a federal complaint alleging it violated its patients’ privacy by using their records to help leverage a contract dispute with the Nevada Health Insurance Coalition (NHIC), Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. The NHIC alleges hospitals owned by Dignity contacted former patients with NHIC plans to persuade them to take action “with their health plans favorable” to the hospitals, the report states. Meanwhile, hackers infiltrated the computer networks of the country’s top medical device makers—Medtronic, Boston Scientific and St. Jude Medical, San Francisco Chronicle reports. A representative from one of the companies said an investigation is underway.
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