Health Data Breach Tracker/CO

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Colorado Allergy and Asthma Centers, PC

791 individuals · submitted November 19, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Colorado Allergy and Asthma Centers, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 791 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its employees on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Colorado Allergy and Asthma Centers, PC
State
CO
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
791
Submission date
November 19, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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