Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Jewish Home Lifecare d/b/a The New Jewish Home

2,091 individuals · submitted February 26, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Jewish Home Lifecare dba The New Jewish Home, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 2,091 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards, revised its policies and procedures, sanctioned the employee responsible for the breach, and retrained its employees on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Jewish Home Lifecare d/b/a The New Jewish Home
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,091
Submission date
February 26, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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