GuardDog Telehealth Judgment & Permanent Injunction Bar Access To TEFCA, Carequality Based On Alleged Inappropriate Disclosure Of Consumer Records

GuardDog Telehealth will no longer be permitted to access consumer data through the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) or Carequality interoperability frameworks following a federal court judgement and permanent injunction entered on March 20, 2026. The judgment also requires GuardDog to delete all consumer health information obtained through those frameworks.

The settlement resolves claims against GuardDog Telehealth in a lawsuit filed January 13, 2026, by Epic Systems Corporation; OCHIN, Inc.; Reid Hospital & Health Care Services, Inc.; Trinity Health Corporation; and UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc. against multiple defendants The plaintiffs allege that Health Gorilla, Inc. and other . . .