Business Associate · Archived
Iowa Health System d/b/a UnityPoint Health
1,421,107 individuals · submitted July 30, 2018
About this report
Iowa Health System dba UnityPoint Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that multiple employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,421,107 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. All staff were retrained.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Iowa Health System d/b/a UnityPoint Health
- State
- IA
- Entity type
- Business Associate
- Individuals affected
- 1,421,107
- Submission date
- July 30, 2018
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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