Health Data Breach Tracker/WI

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Froedtert Health

43,549 individuals · submitted February 12, 2013

About this report

Froedtert Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 43,549 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, telephone numbers, addresses, diagnoses/conditions, Social Security numbers, lab results, medications prescribed, medical record numbers, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals and set up a toll free phone number for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Froedtert Health
State
WI
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
43,549
Submission date
February 12, 2013
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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