Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Hospital Sisters Health System

16,167 individuals · submitted January 31, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Hospital Sisters Health System, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 16,167 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Hospital Sisters Health System
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
16,167
Submission date
January 31, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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