Health Data Breach Tracker/VA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Inova Health System

1,680 individuals · submitted January 22, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Inova Health System, reported that an employee inadvertently emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,680 individuals to the wrong recipient. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a call center for questions or concerns. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee responsible and retrained its staff on the need to safeguard PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Inova Health System
State
VA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,680
Submission date
January 22, 2021
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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