Health Data Breach Tracker/MA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Brigham and Women's Hospital

987 individuals · submitted August 4, 2023

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, reported that graphs posted to the Internet contained a link that could expose the protected health information (PHI) of 987 individuals. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, diagnoses, lab results, medications, 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 administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Brigham and Women's Hospital
State
MA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
987
Submission date
August 4, 2023
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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