Health Data Breach Tracker/NE

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Eye Physicians, P.C.

2,620 individuals · submitted December 7, 2017

About this report

Eye Physicians, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2,620 individuals. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE deployed additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Staff were retrained.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Eye Physicians, P.C.
State
NE
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,620
Submission date
December 7, 2017
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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