Healthcare Provider · Archived
Cook County Health & Hospitals System
727 individuals · submitted October 27, 2017
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Cook County Health & Hospitals System (CCHHS), reported that its business associate (BA), Experian Health (Experian), discovered an error in the upgrade of two billing platforms which resulted in the delivery of protected health information (PHI) to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, treatment information, and health insurance information. This breach affected 727 individuals. CCHHS notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. To mitigate this issue, Experian reverted back to its older billing platform to rectify this issue.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Cook County Health & Hospitals System
- State
- IL
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 727
- Submission date
- October 27, 2017
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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