Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Golden State Dermatology

1,010 individuals · submitted January 19, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Golden State Dermatology, reported that its business associate (BA) inadvertently sent emails that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,010 individuals to the wrong recipients. The ePHI involved included names and addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Golden State Dermatology
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,010
Submission date
January 19, 2022
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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