Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Geisinger Health

717 individuals · submitted September 23, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Geisinger Health, reported that a workforce member impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 717 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdates, medications prescribed, diagnoses, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Geisinger Health
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
717
Submission date
September 23, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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