Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Drexel Medicine

4,340 individuals · submitted August 7, 2019

About this report

Drexel Medicine, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of an email phishing scheme involving the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 19,750 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, diagnoses, and other treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Subsequently, Drexel Medicine has ceased operations.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Drexel Medicine
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
4,340
Submission date
August 7, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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