Healthcare Provider · Archived
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
682 individuals · submitted December 30, 2020
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Northwestern Memorial Hospital, reported that a workforce member impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 682 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, medications prescribed, and additional clinical and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and state and federal regulatory agencies. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned the workforce member and retrained its staff to prevent future incidents of this nature.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- State
- IL
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 682
- Submission date
- December 30, 2020
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Electronic Medical Record
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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