Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Health Plan · Archived

Orange County Health Authority

4,732 individuals · submitted October 12, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Orange County Health Authority, reported that an employee sent the protected health information (PHI) of 4,732 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. Employees were also retrained. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Orange County Health Authority
State
CA
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
4,732
Submission date
October 12, 2021
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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