Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

48,752 individuals · submitted January 7, 2014

About this report

The covered entity (CE), the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, reported that an employee sent an unencrypted email that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 48,752 individuals. The ePHI involved included names and claims and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible individual and implemented additional administrative and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
State
NC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
48,752
Submission date
January 7, 2014
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Other
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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