Healthcare Provider · Archived
Cambridge Health Alliance
2,280 individuals · submitted March 28, 2018
About this report
In 2017 the Everett Police found a computer hard drive that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 2,280 patients of Cambridge Health Alliance, the covered entity (CE). The CE's information security team's review of its systems did not identify any potential avenues through which this information may have left the organization. The types of PHI that were potentially exposed included patient billing information from 2013 which included clinical information related to emergency department visits. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE is reviewing its HIPAA Privacy and Security training to ensure that the training adequately covers potential risk areas.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Cambridge Health Alliance
- State
- MA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 2,280
- Submission date
- March 28, 2018
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Other
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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