Health Data Breach Tracker/GA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

GI Care for Kids Endoscopy Center

1,923 individuals · submitted June 27, 2017

About this report

The covered entity (CE), GI Care for Kids Endoscopy Center, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,923 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS as well as affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
GI Care for Kids Endoscopy Center
State
GA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,923
Submission date
June 27, 2017
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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