Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Kaleida Health

744 individuals · submitted August 25, 2017

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Kaleida Health, reported that numerous employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 744 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, medical record numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, treatment information, and other clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE revised its policies and procedures to better protect its sensitive data and retrained it workforce members. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Kaleida Health
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
744
Submission date
August 25, 2017
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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