Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Business Associate · Archived

Kelsey Research Foundation

1,228 individuals · submitted May 3, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Kelsey Research Foundation, reported that an employee inadvertently disclosed patients’ email addresses. This breach affected approximately 1,128 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. During the investigation, OCR learned that the CE sanctioned the involved workforce member involved and revised its policy and procedures to better protect sensitive data. In addition, the CE trained all workforce members on the revised policy and procedures. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Kelsey Research Foundation
State
TX
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
1,228
Submission date
May 3, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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