Health Data Breach Tracker/MA

Business Associate · Archived

Nuance Communications, Inc.

4,830 individuals · submitted November 18, 2022

About this report

The business associate (BA), Nuance Communications, reported that its employee impermissibly accessed the protected health information (PHI) of 4,830 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, medications, diagnoses, lab results, drivers’ license numbers, dates of birth, financial information, and claims information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA sanctioned the employee, implemented additional technical safeguards, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Nuance Communications, Inc.
State
MA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
4,830
Submission date
November 18, 2022
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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