Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Business Associate · Archived

Axis Neuromonitoring, Inc., d/b/a Apex IONM Solutions

1,876 individuals · submitted June 11, 2020

About this report

Axis Neuromonitoring, Inc., dba Apex IONM Solutions, the business associate (BA), reported that a workforce member was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,876 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and financial information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioning the workforce member responsible, strengthened its administrative safeguards, and retrained its staff on the proper methods of recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Axis Neuromonitoring, Inc., d/b/a Apex IONM Solutions
State
TX
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
1,876
Submission date
June 11, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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