Health Data Breach Tracker/MN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Mayo Clinic

1,152 individuals · submitted November 3, 2023

About this report

Mayo Clinic, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee inadvertently submitted the protected health information (PHI) of 1,152 individuals to an academic journal; the data was then published via the Internet. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, lab results, medical records numbers, gender, race, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect PHI. Staff were retrained.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Mayo Clinic
State
MN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,152
Submission date
November 3, 2023
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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