Health Data Breach Tracker/MO

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Centers

152,000 individuals · submitted October 25, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Betty Jean Kerr People’s Health Centers, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 152,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Centers
State
MO
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
152,000
Submission date
October 25, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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