Health Data Breach Tracker/OR

Business Associate · Archived

Multnomah County Department of Human Services

713 individuals · submitted July 8, 2019

About this report

Multnomah County Department of Human Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 713 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, and identification numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its workforce members. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional technical safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Multnomah County Department of Human Services
State
OR
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
713
Submission date
July 8, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Other
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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