Health Data Breach Tracker/FL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Mount Sinai Medical Center

1,406 individuals · submitted March 20, 2015

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Mt. Sinai, discovered that an employee was printing paper face sheets in excess of her job duties for an illicit purpose. The face sheets contained the demographic and clinical information of 1,406 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE altered its policies to limit the users allowed to print face sheets. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce and disseminated educational material. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed. The CE also terminated the employment of the involved employee.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Mount Sinai Medical Center
State
FL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,406
Submission date
March 20, 2015
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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