Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Illinois Gastroenterology Group, LLC

1,481 individuals · submitted November 25, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Illinois Gastroenterology Group, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,481 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, 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.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Illinois Gastroenterology Group, LLC
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,481
Submission date
November 25, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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