Health Data Breach Tracker/VT

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Addison County Home Health & Hospice

758 individuals · submitted June 25, 2019

About this report

Addison County Home Health & Hospice, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 758 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, treatment information, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards including revising its policies and procedures and retrained its staff.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Addison County Home Health & Hospice
State
VT
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
758
Submission date
June 25, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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