Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Business Associate · Archived

Aramark Healthcare Support Services, LLC

937 individuals · submitted June 24, 2010

About this report

A business associate employee sent an email to multiple patients without concealing patient email addresses. The message concerned a dietary program in which the names and email addresses were visible to all recipients. The breach affected 937 individuals. In response to this incident, the covered entity took steps to enforce the requirements of its business associate agreement with Aramark. The business associate counseled the employee responsible for the breach and retrained all employees who may communicate with patients via email on the requirements of the Privacy and Security Rules as well as related policies and procedures. \

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Aramark Healthcare Support Services, LLC
State
PA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
937
Submission date
June 24, 2010
Breach type
Other
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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