Health Data Breach Tracker/IA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Crescent Community Health Center

20,529 individuals · submitted January 31, 2024

About this report

Crescent Community Health Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that multiple employees were the targets of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 20,529 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic, clinical, and financial data. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented improved technical and administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Crescent Community Health Center
State
IA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
20,529
Submission date
January 31, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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