Health Data Breach Tracker/ME

Healthcare Provider · Archived

HealthReach Community Health Centers

122,308 individuals · submitted July 6, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), HealthReach Community Health Centers, reported that its business associate (BA) improperly disposed of hard drives that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 122,308 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, date of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE offered free credit monitoring services and the BA retrained its staff on the proper methods of disposing of sensitive data and equipment.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
HealthReach Community Health Centers
State
ME
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
122,308
Submission date
July 6, 2021
Breach type
Improper Disposal
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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