Healthcare Provider · Archived
Northwestern Medical Center
686 individuals · submitted August 9, 2022
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Northwest Medical Center, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed medical records containing the protected health information (PHI) of 686 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. A call center was created for questions or concerns. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee responsible and strengthened its administrative and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. All staff were retrained.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Northwestern Medical Center
- State
- VT
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 686
- Submission date
- August 9, 2022
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Electronic Medical Record
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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