Health Data Breach Tracker/MS

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Laird Hospital, Inc.

1,092 individuals · submitted May 24, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Laird Hospital, Inc., reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,092 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Laird Hospital, Inc.
State
MS
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,092
Submission date
May 24, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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