Health Data Breach Tracker/MA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Massachusetts General Hospital

4,293 individuals · submitted June 29, 2016

About this report

Hackers caused a breach of protected health information (PHI) at Patterson Dental Supply, Inc., a business associate (BA) of the covered entity (CE), Massachusetts General Hospital. The breach affected the PHI of approximately 4,293 individuals, and included demographic and clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR’s investigation revealed that the CE and BA had a business associate agreement in place at the time of the breach. OCR reviewed the BA agreement and determined that it appeared to comply with the requirements of the HIPAA Rules. OCR has opened a separate review of the BA concerning the underlying breach.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Massachusetts General Hospital
State
MA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
4,293
Submission date
June 29, 2016
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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