Health Data Breach Tracker/LA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections

85,466 individuals · submitted October 31, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, reported that its business associate (BA) inadvertently made the protected health information (PHI) of 85,466 individuals viewable over the Internet. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and the CE and BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections
State
LA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
85,466
Submission date
October 31, 2022
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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