Health Data Breach Tracker/IA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Planned Parenthood of the Heartland

515 individuals · submitted June 29, 2018

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, reported that a box of files containing the protected health information (PHI) of 515 individuals was left unsecured in a building. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, diagnoses, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals of the breach. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the workforce member involved in the breach and retrained its workforce members to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland
State
IA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
515
Submission date
June 29, 2018
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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