Health Data Breach Tracker/TN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Ballad Health

4,295 individuals · submitted April 8, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Ballad Health, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 4,295 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards, and retrained its employees on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Ballad Health
State
TN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
4,295
Submission date
April 8, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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