Health Data Breach Tracker/MI

Healthcare Provider · Archived

McLaren Oakland

2,219 individuals · submitted October 8, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), McLaren Oakland, reported that an employee inadvertently made the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,219 individuals viewable via the Internet. The ePHI involved included names, diagnoses, dates of birth, medications prescribed, and additional clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
McLaren Oakland
State
MI
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,219
Submission date
October 8, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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