Healthcare Provider · Archived
Children's Mercy Hospital
1,463 individuals · submitted June 27, 2018
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Children’s Mercy Hospital, reported that a hacker used a software-defined radio (SDR) or similar data capture device to intercept protected health information (PHI) transmitted via the CE’s pager system. The breach affected the PHI of 1,463 individuals and included names, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained its workforce members.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Children's Mercy Hospital
- State
- MO
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,463
- Submission date
- June 27, 2018
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Other
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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