Healthcare Provider · Archived
AMITA Health Medical Group Primary Care- Hoffman Estates
1,647 individuals · submitted November 30, 2021
About this report
The covered entity (CE), AMITA Health Medical Group, reported that an employee transmitted a mass email to patients without utilizing the blind carbon copy function. This breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,647 individuals. The PHI involved included names and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned and retrained the responsible employees.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- AMITA Health Medical Group Primary Care- Hoffman Estates
- State
- IL
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,647
- Submission date
- November 30, 2021
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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