Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

California Correctional Health Care Services

1,348 individuals · submitted March 14, 2024

About this report

The covered entity (CE), California Correctional Health Care Services, reported that one of its workforce members inadvertently sent an email containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,348 individuals to an unintended recipient. The PHI involved included names, diagnoses, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained its workforce member to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
California Correctional Health Care Services
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,348
Submission date
March 14, 2024
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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