Health Data Breach Tracker/NJ

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Community Medical Center

630 individuals · submitted February 14, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Community Medical Center, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 630 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Community Medical Center
State
NJ
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
630
Submission date
February 14, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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