Health Data Breach Tracker/MA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation - Marl

716 individuals · submitted February 14, 2013

About this report

Backup tapes containing the protected health information (PHI) of 716 individuals were stolen from the covered entity (CE), Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation – Marlborough, during the theft of the safe where the tapes were stored. The types of PHI involved in the breach included patients’ names, diagnoses, social security numbers, medications and Medicare numbers. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE revised its process for encrypting backup tapes. Additionally, as a result of OCR’s investigation the CE stopped using tapes to backup information at individual sites.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation - Marl
State
MA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
716
Submission date
February 14, 2013
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Other Portable Electronic Device
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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