Health Data Breach Tracker/TN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Delta Specialty Hospital

1,019 individuals · submitted May 8, 2024

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Delta Specialty Hospital reported that an employee forwarded emails to her personal email account that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 1,019 individuals. The PHI involved included names, medical record numbers, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute breach notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its staff and implemented additional technical safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Delta Specialty Hospital
State
TN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,019
Submission date
May 8, 2024
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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