Health Data Breach Tracker/HI

Business Associate · Archived

Hawaii Pacific Health

3,772 individuals · submitted March 17, 2020

About this report

The business associate (BA), Hawaii Pacific Health, reported that one of its affiliated covered entities’ workforce members impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,772 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, religious affiliation, race/ethnicity, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the BA sanctioned the workforce member. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the BA implemented improved technical safeguards to protect its ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Hawaii Pacific Health
State
HI
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
3,772
Submission date
March 17, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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