Health Data Breach Tracker/MI

Business Associate · Archived

DataStat, Inc.

552 individuals · submitted February 12, 2016

About this report

An employee of a business associate (BA), DataStat, erroneously misdirected surveys to 487 individuals after failing to following the BA’s re-print protocol after a printer paper jam. The types of protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach included demographic information, including names and addresses. The CE provided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals. The BA also improved technical safeguards to assist with quality assessment checks and sanctioned the involved employee with a written warning. OCR obtained documentation that the BA implemented the corrective actions steps listed above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
DataStat, Inc.
State
MI
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
552
Submission date
February 12, 2016
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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