Health Data Breach Tracker/WA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Pediatrix Cardiology of Washington, P.C. d/b/a NorthWest Congenital Heart Care

1,166 individuals · submitted June 4, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), NorthWest Congenital Heart Care, reported that an unencrypted external hard drive was stolen from one of its offices. The hard drive contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,166 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, and health insurance and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff to better protect ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Pediatrix Cardiology of Washington, P.C. d/b/a NorthWest Congenital Heart Care
State
WA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,166
Submission date
June 4, 2021
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Other Portable Electronic Device
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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