Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Autism Home Support Services

533 individuals · submitted August 10, 2016

About this report

The covered entity’s (CE) employee disclosed protected health information (PHI) to a university practicum student who contacted individuals by email to ask if they would like to participate in a survey related to autism. The PHI involved in the breach included the demographic information of approximately 533 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned and re-trained the involved employee and confirmed that the practicum student destroyed the PHI received. OCR obtained documentation that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Autism Home Support Services
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
533
Submission date
August 10, 2016
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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