Healthcare Provider · Archived
HC Watkins Memorial Hospital
634 individuals · submitted May 21, 2021
About this report
HC Watkins Memorial Hospital, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 634 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- HC Watkins Memorial Hospital
- State
- MS
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 634
- Submission date
- May 21, 2021
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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