Health Data Breach Tracker/NE

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Nebraska Medicine

1,149 individuals · submitted November 27, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Nebraska Medicine, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the electronic medical records of 1,149 individuals. The electronic protected health information (ePHI) involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the employee and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Nebraska Medicine
State
NE
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,149
Submission date
November 27, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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