Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Kern Regional Center

772 individuals · submitted January 26, 2024

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Kern Regional Center, reported that an employee emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 772 individuals to her personal email account. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its workforce.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Kern Regional Center
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
772
Submission date
January 26, 2024
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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