Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Piedmont Health Services

674 individuals · submitted February 9, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Piedmont Health Services, reported that its business associate experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 674 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth and death, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and billing information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and increased the frequency of its security training and risk management processes.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Piedmont Health Services
State
NC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
674
Submission date
February 9, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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