Health Data Breach Tracker/WI

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Grant Regional Health Center

4,135 individuals · submitted May 23, 2023

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Grant Regional Health Center, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 4,135 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Grant Regional Health Center
State
WI
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
4,135
Submission date
May 23, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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