Health Plan · Archived
Polk County Health Services, Inc
1,071 individuals · submitted April 12, 2018
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Polk County Health Services, reported that an employee inadvertently shared the protected health information (PHI) of 1,071 individuals with unauthorized entities. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect sensitive data. Workforce members were retrained on the requirement to protect and secure PHI.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Polk County Health Services, Inc
- State
- IA
- Entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 1,071
- Submission date
- April 12, 2018
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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