Health Data Breach Tracker/KS

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Dickinson County Health Department

1,063 individuals · submitted January 17, 2024

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Dickinson County Health Department, reported that it became aware that an employee’s former spouse found the protected health information (PHI) of 1,063 individuals stored on a personal computer. The PHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Dickinson County Health Department
State
KS
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,063
Submission date
January 17, 2024
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Desktop Computer
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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