Health Data Breach Tracker/AR

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Ashley County Medical Center

772 individuals · submitted August 7, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Ashley County Medical Center, reported that a member of its workforce impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 772 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, conditions, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its staff of the requirement to protect patient privacy and security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Ashley County Medical Center
State
AR
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
772
Submission date
August 7, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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