Health Data Breach Tracker/NM

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Artesia General Hospital

858 individuals · submitted October 17, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Artesia General Hospital, reported that two workforce members were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 858 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, health insurance information, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Artesia General Hospital
State
NM
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
858
Submission date
October 17, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Desktop Computer
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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