Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Partners For Quality, Inc.

3,673 individuals · submitted April 19, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Partners for Quality, reported that the email accounts of three employees were accessed by an unauthorized individual after a phishing attack. The breach included the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 3,700 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, social security numbers, other demographic information, financial information, and clinical information. Following the breach, the CE implemented multifactor identification for its email system and increased its cybersecurity training. Additionally, OCR provided technical assistance to the covered entity regarding its risk management plan.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Partners For Quality, Inc.
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,673
Submission date
April 19, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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