Health Data Breach Tracker/TN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Hermitage Eye Care, PLLC dba Dover Eye Care

11,672 individuals · submitted November 5, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Hermitage Eye Care, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a security incident in which the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 11,672 individuals was accessible via a patient portal on the Internet. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and conditions. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to this incident and OCR’s investigation, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Hermitage Eye Care, PLLC dba Dover Eye Care
State
TN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
11,672
Submission date
November 5, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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