Health Data Breach Tracker/CT

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Performance Physical Therapy and Wellness

571 individuals · submitted July 21, 2017

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Performance Physical Therapy and Wellness, had a phishing incident which resulted in unauthorized access to employee email accounts, affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 571 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals and offered free credit monitoring. Following the breach, the CE retrained employees, updated policies and procedures, implemented technical safeguards, and retained a third-party to investigate the incident and make prospective recommendations for its privacy and security. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Performance Physical Therapy and Wellness
State
CT
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
571
Submission date
July 21, 2017
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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