Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Hamilton Health Center, Inc.

10,393 individuals · submitted August 18, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Hamilton Health Center, Inc., reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 10,393 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, health insurance information, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and provided additional training on the proper methods of recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Hamilton Health Center, Inc.
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
10,393
Submission date
August 18, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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