Healthcare Provider · Archived
Mercy Health Love County Hospital and Clinic
13,004 individuals · submitted September 20, 2017
About this report
A former workforce member impermissibly accessed two medical record storage facilities of the covered entity (CE), Mercy Health/Love County Hospital and Clinic, and stole patients’ medical records and a laptop computer. The potentially affected protected health information (PHI) included the names, addresses, dates of birth, and social security numbers of approximately 38,218 individuals. As a result of the breach, the CE improved safeguards and updated its policies and procedures. Further, the CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Mercy Health Love County Hospital and Clinic
- State
- OK
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 13,004
- Submission date
- September 20, 2017
- Breach type
- Theft
- Location of information
- Laptop, Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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