Health Data Breach Tracker/IA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Mercy Iowa City

15,625 individuals · submitted March 25, 2016

About this report

Mercy Iowa City, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 15,625 individuals. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and provided identity theft protection and credit monitoring services to affected individuals. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Mercy Iowa City
State
IA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
15,625
Submission date
March 25, 2016
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Desktop Computer, Email, Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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