Health Data Breach Tracker/MI

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Ascension Borgess Hospital

996 individuals · submitted November 14, 2019

About this report

Ascension Borgess Hospital, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee emailed 996 individuals without using the blind copy function. The protected health information (PHI) was limited to email addresses only. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE retrained the responsible employee on the importance of patient privacy and provided HIPAA Privacy Rule training to all staff members. OCR obtained documentation that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Ascension Borgess Hospital
State
MI
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
996
Submission date
November 14, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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