Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

4,824 individuals · submitted May 4, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,824 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, the media, affected individuals, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee responsible for the breach and implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained employees on the importance of safeguarding patient privacy.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
4,824
Submission date
May 4, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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