Health Data Breach Tracker/IA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Planned Parenthood of the Heartland

2,506 individuals · submitted July 1, 2016

About this report

On May 6, 2016, during a move out of its Dubuque Health Center, the covered entity, (CE), Planned Parenthood of the Heartland mistakenly left its locked closet open which contained patients’ records. The breach affected approximately 2,506 individuals and the types of protected health information (PHI) involved included patients’ pregnancy tests, lab logs, and colposcopy documentation. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE trained and retrained its workforce members. OCR obtained documented assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland
State
IA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,506
Submission date
July 1, 2016
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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