Beaumont Health

About this report

Beaumont Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,182 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical records numbers, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also established a dedicated and confidential toll-free number for all affected individuals and offered complimentary credit monitoring services. Finally, the CE sanctioned the employee and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.