Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Alamance Skin Center

4,080 individuals · submitted November 4, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Alamance Skin Center, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,080 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, medical record numbers, diagnoses/conditions, 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 safeguards and retrained its workforce on HIPAA compliance.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Alamance Skin Center
State
NC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
4,080
Submission date
November 4, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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