Health Data Breach Tracker/TN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

East Tennessee Children's Hospital

422,531 individuals · submitted April 7, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), East Tennessee Children's Hospital, reported that it experienced a hacking incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) 422,531 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical, demographic, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, 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
East Tennessee Children's Hospital
State
TN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
422,531
Submission date
April 7, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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