Health Data Breach Tracker/MD

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Bloom Health Centers

1,545 individuals · submitted September 1, 2023

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Bloom Health Centers, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,545 individuals. The PHI involved included Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, and medications. The CE notified HHS, the 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 to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Bloom Health Centers
State
MD
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,545
Submission date
September 1, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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