Health Data Breach Tracker/OH

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Adena Fayette Medical Center

1,389 individuals · submitted July 16, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Adena Fayette Medical Center, reported that several employees were victims of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 1,389 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Adena Fayette Medical Center
State
OH
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,389
Submission date
July 16, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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