Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Penn Medicine

1,050 individuals · submitted January 2, 2018

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Penn Medicine, reported that an unencrypted laptop containing protected health information (PHI) was stolen from an employee. This breach affected 1,050 individuals and the protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, claims information, and treatment information. As a result of the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and security safeguards and retrained its staff on the importance of patient privacy and safeguarding PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Penn Medicine
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,050
Submission date
January 2, 2018
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Laptop
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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