Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Cedarbrook Senior Care and Rehabilitation / County of Lehigh

688 individuals · submitted January 24, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Cedarbrook Senior Care and Rehabilitation, reported that it inadvertently sent an email containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 688 individuals to unauthorized individuals. The ePHI involved included names and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Cedarbrook Senior Care and Rehabilitation / County of Lehigh
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
688
Submission date
January 24, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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