Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Bellevue Hospital Center

3,334 individuals · submitted April 28, 2015

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Bellevue Hospital Center, reported that an employee sent an email containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,334 individuals to an authorized party. The ePHI involved included names, email addresses, phone numbers, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrate and technical safeguards and sanctioned the responsible employee. All workforce members were retrained on the proper methods of safeguarding ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Bellevue Hospital Center
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,334
Submission date
April 28, 2015
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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