Health Data Breach Tracker/Monthly roundup
Biggest health data breaches: October 2014
In October 2014, 29 health data breaches affecting 500 or more people were reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights, with a combined 455,650 individuals affected as reported. Unauthorized Access/Disclosure was the most common breach type this month, and healthcare provider accounted for the most reports. Counts are as reported to OCR and may overlap across breaches; a listing does not imply wrongdoing.
Breaches reported
29
Individuals affected
455,650
Hacking or IT incidents
2
- 1Touchstone Medical Imaging, LLCTN · Healthcare Provider · Unauthorized Access/Disclosure · Oct 3, 2014307,528
- 2MD Manage (Vcarve LLC)NJ · Business Associate · Unauthorized Access/Disclosure · Oct 22, 201435,357
- 3Quraishi, Nisar ANY · Healthcare Provider · Theft · Oct 22, 201420,000
- 4Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & FinancingCO · Health Plan · Unauthorized Access/Disclosure · Oct 10, 201415,380
- 5Coordinated HealthPA · Healthcare Provider · Theft · Oct 31, 201413,907
- 6Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNY · Healthcare Provider · Theft · Oct 3, 201410,793
- 7New York City Health & Hospitals CorporationNY · Healthcare Provider · Unauthorized Access/Disclosure · Oct 10, 201410,058
- 8U.S. Health Holdings, Ltd. o/b/o Macomb County, MichiganMI · Health Plan · Unauthorized Access/Disclosure · Oct 1, 20146,302
- 9M&M Computer ServicesTX · Business Associate · Hacking/IT Incident · Oct 10, 20144,500
- 10South Texas Veterans Health Care SystemTX · Healthcare Provider · Unauthorized Access/Disclosure · Oct 9, 20144,000
- 11Multilingual Psychotherapy Centers, IncFL · Healthcare Provider · Theft · Oct 28, 20143,500
- 12Region Six of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental DisabilitiesGA · Healthcare Provider · Theft · Oct 9, 20143,397
- 13Cone Health Medical GroupNC · Healthcare Provider · Unauthorized Access/Disclosure · Oct 9, 20141,872
- 14Cone Health Medical GroupNC · Healthcare Provider · Unauthorized Access/Disclosure · Oct 15, 20141,872
- 15Graybill Medical GroupCA · Healthcare Provider · Theft · Oct 15, 20141,863
- 16Memorial Healthcare SystemFL · Healthcare Provider · Unauthorized Access/Disclosure · Oct 30, 20141,782
- 17Memorial Healthcare SystemFL · Healthcare Provider · Unauthorized Access/Disclosure · Oct 31, 20141,782
- 18Portland VA Medical CenterOR · Healthcare Provider · Theft · Oct 29, 20141,740
- 19VARO HealthcarePA · Business Associate · Unauthorized Access/Disclosure · Oct 7, 20141,667
- 20UC Davis Medical Center, Privacy Manager BreachCA · Healthcare Provider · Hacking/IT Incident · Oct 8, 20141,326