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Medical records giant Epic pauses product development to fix security bugs that risk patients’ data

DataBreaches.net · · International · Healthcare Privacy

Zack Whittaker reports: Epic, the software technology giant that makes the widely used MyChart software for accessing patients’ medical data, has paused most of its product development as the company works to protect its software and systems from cyberattacks. Judy Faulkner, the founder and chief executive of Epic, told Modern Healthcare last month that the... Source

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