Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Health Plan · Archived

Dental Health Services

4,562 individuals · submitted April 16, 2024

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Dental Health Services, reported that it inadvertently emailed the protected health information of (PHI) of 4,562 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, member identification numbers, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE promptly conducted an internal investigation and secured the affected systems. The CE also implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Dental Health Services
State
CA
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
4,562
Submission date
April 16, 2024
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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