Health Data Breach Tracker/Record

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Metro Santurce, Inc. d/b/a Hospital Pavia Santurce and Metro Hato Rey, Inc. d/b/a Hospital Pavia Hato Rey

305,737 individuals · submitted April 13, 2019

About this report

The covered entities (CEs), Metro Santurce Inc. dba Hospital Pavia Santurce and Metro Hato Rey, Inc. dba Hospital Pavia Hato Rey, reported that both entities experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 305,737 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of births, drivers’ license numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CEs notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In their mitigation efforts, the CEs strengthened their administrative and technical safeguards to better protect ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Metro Santurce, Inc. d/b/a Hospital Pavia Santurce and Metro Hato Rey, Inc. d/b/a Hospital Pavia Hato Rey
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
305,737
Submission date
April 13, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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