Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Midwest Medical Center

8,010 individuals · submitted May 10, 2019

About this report

Midwest Medical Center (MMC), the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee of its business associate (BA), OS, Inc., (OS), was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 8,010 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and treatment information. MMC notified HHS, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. MMC and OS notified affected individuals and offered complimentary fraud consultation and theft restoration services. The BA also trained its staff on the proper methods for identifying fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Midwest Medical Center
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
8,010
Submission date
May 10, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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