Health Data Breach Tracker/OK

Healthcare Provider · Archived

JEFFREY J. SMITH, MD

600 individuals · submitted March 16, 2011

About this report

The covered entity (CE) shipped a skin analysis machine containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 600 individuals to the manufacturer for repairs via UPS. The machine was damaged and discarded by UPS. The ePHI included names, dates of birth and facial photographs. The CE posted breach notification on its website. As a result of OCR's investigation, the CE revised its policy regarding the security of hardware containing PHI so that all work on hardware will be performed on-site. The policy also requires that all ePHI is to be backed up and erased from the hardware prior to any unavoidable off-site maintenance.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
JEFFREY J. SMITH, MD
State
OK
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
600
Submission date
March 16, 2011
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Desktop Computer, Other, Other Portable Electronic Device
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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