Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Primary Medicine of Sherman, PA/Robert J. Hernandez MD

1,335 individuals · submitted August 11, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Primary Medicine of Sherman PA – Robert J. Hernandez, MD, reported that it did not have a proper business associate agreement (BAA) with its lab vendor that spelled out restrictions to the access of protected health information (PHI). This constituted a breach. The PHI involved included names and lab results. This breach affected approximately 1,335 individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE terminated its BAA with the vendor and retrained its staff on the requirements of a BAA. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Primary Medicine of Sherman, PA/Robert J. Hernandez MD
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,335
Submission date
August 11, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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