Health Plan · Archived
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
1,615 individuals · submitted October 19, 2015
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 1,615 individuals to an unauthorized recipient. 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 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
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 1,615
- Submission date
- October 19, 2015
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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