Healthcare Provider · Archived
Eye Consultants of Atlanta / Piedmont System Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC
2,662 individuals · submitted June 19, 2021
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Eye Consultants of Atlanta / Piedmont System Ambulatory Surgery Center, reported that medical records that were marked and separated for shredding were inadvertently disposed of by janitorial staff. The breach involved the protected health information (PHI) of 2,662 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and offered complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper procedures for disposal of medical records and other sensitive data.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Eye Consultants of Atlanta / Piedmont System Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC
- State
- GA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 2,662
- Submission date
- June 19, 2021
- Breach type
- Improper Disposal
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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