Healthcare Provider · Archived
Mount Vernon Dental Smiles
1,074 individuals · submitted January 19, 2024
About this report
Mount Vernon Dental Smiles, the covered entity (CE), reported that a workforce member inadvertently sent an email containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,074 patients to an unauthorized individual. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative safeguards to better protect sensitive data. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Mount Vernon Dental Smiles
- State
- VA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,074
- Submission date
- January 19, 2024
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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