Business Associate · Archived
Patterson Dental Supply/Patterson Companies
6,400 individuals · submitted March 12, 2013
About this report
An unknown individual hacked into the covered entity’s (CE) server which contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 6,400 individuals. The ePHI involved in the breach included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, payment information, and treatment information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE improved safeguards by installing a new firewall and filtering technology. Additionally, OCR’s investigation resulted in the CE retraining its employees.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Patterson Dental Supply/Patterson Companies
- State
- MN
- Entity type
- Business Associate
- Individuals affected
- 6,400
- Submission date
- March 12, 2013
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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