Healthcare Provider · Archived
Henry Ford Health System
5,590 individuals · submitted February 20, 2019
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) reported that an employee inadvertently mailed protected health information (PHI) to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 5,578 individuals. The PHI involved included names and medication information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following this breach, the CE implemented administrative safeguards to prevent mailing errors and retrained its staff. OCR also provided technical assistance to HFHS about mitigating harm by requesting individuals to destroy or return incorrectly received mailings. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Henry Ford Health System
- State
- MI
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 5,590
- Submission date
- February 20, 2019
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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