Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Hospice of San Joaquin

13,000 individuals · submitted August 16, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Hospice of San Joaquin, reported that its business associate (BA) IT Pro Source, was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 13,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, drivers’ license information, Social Security numbers, birthdates, claims information, financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and provided a toll free telephone number for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented new technology to safeguard ePHI and retrained all workforce members.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Hospice of San Joaquin
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
13,000
Submission date
August 16, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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