Health Data Breach Tracker/MT

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Partnership Health Center

8,331 individuals · submitted June 29, 2023

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Partnership Health Center, reported that an employee sent inaccurate patient data to a third-party survey vendor who then emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 8,331 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical security safeguards. Staff were retrained on methods to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Partnership Health Center
State
MT
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
8,331
Submission date
June 29, 2023
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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