Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

NorthStar Anesthesia

19,807 individuals · submitted July 20, 2018

About this report

An unauthorized user compromised the email account of a workforce member of the covered entity (CE), Northstar Anesthesia, through an email phishing campaign. The types of protected health information (PHI) potentially affected included the names, dates of birth, addresses, and treatment information of approximately 20,968 individuals. As a result of the breach, the CE improved safeguards, updated its policies and procedures, and trained its workforce members on better practices to safeguard PHI. Further, the CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
NorthStar Anesthesia
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
19,807
Submission date
July 20, 2018
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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