Health Data Breach Tracker/TN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Alive Hospice

533 individuals · submitted September 6, 2019

About this report

Alive Hospice, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee inadvertently mailed documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 533 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional administrative safeguards to prevent future errors of this nature. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Alive Hospice
State
TN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
533
Submission date
September 6, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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