Health Data Breach Tracker/NM

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Presbyterian Medical Services

536 individuals · submitted April 21, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Presbyterian Medical Services, reported that a box containing medical information was damaged while in transit via the United States Postal Service (USPS). This breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of 536 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and medical treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE trained its workforce members on securing packages for mailing in order to safeguard documents containing PHI and implemented new software to deliver documents electronically.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Presbyterian Medical Services
State
NM
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
536
Submission date
April 21, 2021
Breach type
Loss
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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