Health Data Breach Tracker/MA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Harrington Physician Services

4,393 individuals · submitted April 8, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Harrington Physician Services, reported that one of its employee’s inadvertently uploaded a file on the CE’s server that was accessible by the public. This breach affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,393 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE removed the files from the server.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Harrington Physician Services
State
MA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
4,393
Submission date
April 8, 2021
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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