Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

NYU School of Medicine - Pediatric Surgery Associates

2,158 individuals · submitted December 15, 2017

About this report

NYU School of Medicine – Pediatric Surgery Associates, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee improperly disposed of a binder containing the protected health information (PHI) of 2,158 patients. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, health insurance information, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary identity protection services. In its mitigation efforts the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its staff.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
NYU School of Medicine - Pediatric Surgery Associates
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,158
Submission date
December 15, 2017
Breach type
Improper Disposal
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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