Health Data Breach Tracker/MD

Business Associate · Archived

National Imaging Associates

589 individuals · submitted September 17, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), National Imaging Associates, reported that a former employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 589 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE strengthened its technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
National Imaging Associates
State
MD
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
589
Submission date
September 17, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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