Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

NYC Health + Hospitals

3,000 individuals · submitted December 22, 2023

About this report

The covered entity (CE), NYC Health + Hospitals, reported that an employee allowed a volunteer to view the protected health information (PHI) of 3,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee involved in the breach and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
NYC Health + Hospitals
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,000
Submission date
December 22, 2023
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Desktop Computer, Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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