Healthcare Provider · Archived
Lebanon VA Medical Center
1,002 individuals · submitted January 16, 2019
About this report
An employee of the covered entity (CE) inadvertently emailed a document with protected health information (PHI) to an unintended recipient. The breach potentially affected the PHI of 993 individuals and included names and clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE restricted the ability of certain documents to be opened by unintended recipients, and retrained staff members. OCR reviewed the CE's policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the Privacy and Security Rules and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective action steps listed above.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Lebanon VA Medical Center
- State
- PA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,002
- Submission date
- January 16, 2019
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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