Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Advanced Spine & Pain Center

8,352 individuals · submitted September 27, 2017

About this report

On September 27, 2017, the covered entity (CE) notified OCR that an unauthorized individual accessed the CE's computer server, affecting 8,352 individuals' demographic, clinical, and healthcare payment information. The CE also provided breach notification to affected individuals and the media. To address the breach, the CE removed the server from its network and disabled the account created by the unauthorized individual. Additionally, the CE engaged a third party vendor to provide software patches, implemented periodic patch reports to ensure patches are consistent, and encrypted its wireless network and email. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the CE's risk analysis and risk management plan.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Advanced Spine & Pain Center
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
8,352
Submission date
September 27, 2017
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record, Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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