Health Data Breach Tracker/MO

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Mercy Health

11,187 individuals · submitted December 4, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Mercy Health, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the protected health information (PHI) of 11,187 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee and provided affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional technical safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Mercy Health
State
MO
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
11,187
Submission date
December 4, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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