Health Data Breach Tracker/MN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Children's Minnesota

37,942 individuals · submitted October 25, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Children’s Minnesota, reported that, due to a programming error, the protected health information (PHI) of 37,942 individuals was viewable over the Internet. The PHI involved included names, insurance information, and treatment information. The Social Security number of one individual was also breached. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards to further protect its PHI. All staff were retrained. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Children's Minnesota
State
MN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
37,942
Submission date
October 25, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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