Health Data Breach Tracker/VA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Portsmouth Community Health Center

12,000 individuals · submitted February 14, 2019

About this report

Portsmouth Community Health Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack involving the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 12,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, drivers’ license information, Social Security numbers, financial information, clinical information, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Portsmouth Community Health Center
State
VA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
12,000
Submission date
February 14, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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