Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Business Associate · Archived

Interactive Medical Systems, Corp.

15,010 individuals · submitted February 27, 2020

About this report

Interactive Medical Systems, Corp., a business associate (BA), reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 15,010 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and financial and health insurance information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, the FBI, and the New York Attorney General. Following the breach incident, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI, including revising its policies and conducting an updated risk analysis. All employees were retrained. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Interactive Medical Systems, Corp.
State
NC
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
15,010
Submission date
February 27, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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