Health Data Breach Tracker/UT

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Intermountain Healthcare

28,628 individuals · submitted July 16, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Intermountain Healthcare, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 28,628 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, medical images, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, dates of birth, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA strengthened its technical and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding its Breach Notification Rule obligations.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Intermountain Healthcare
State
UT
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
28,628
Submission date
July 16, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record, Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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