Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Jacobi Medical Center

90,060 individuals · submitted April 28, 2015

About this report

The covered entity (CE), New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation - Jacobi Medical Center, reported that a former employee sent emails to her personal and professional email accounts that included the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 90,060 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Jacobi Medical Center
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
90,060
Submission date
April 28, 2015
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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