Health Data Breach Tracker/MA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Emerson Hospital

6,314 individuals · submitted March 8, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Emerson Hospital, reported that its business associate (BA), MiraMed Global Services Inc. impermissibly transmitted electronic files containing protected health information (PHI) to an unauthorized third party. This breach incident affected 6,314 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and insurance information. Following this breach incident, the CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, In addition, Emerson Hospital offered free identity protection services to all affected individuals.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Emerson Hospital
State
MA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
6,314
Submission date
March 8, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Other
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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