Health Data Breach Tracker/AZ

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Maricopa Special Health Care District - Maricopa Integrated Health System

633 individuals · submitted July 14, 2015

About this report

A medical resident lost an unencrypted thumb drive that contained the names, dates of birth, and clinical information or diagnoses of 633 patients selected for a chart review. The covered entity (CE), Maricopa Integrated Health System, provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE comprehensively reviewed its privacy and security practices and updated its HIPAA policies and procedures. It sanctioned and retrained the medical resident and retrained other workforce members on its HIPAA security procedures. OCR’s investigation resulted in the covered entity improving its HIPAA practices.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Maricopa Special Health Care District - Maricopa Integrated Health System
State
AZ
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
633
Submission date
July 14, 2015
Breach type
Loss
Location of information
Other Portable Electronic Device
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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