Health Data Breach Tracker/VA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Professional Dermatology Care, P.C.

13,237 individuals · submitted August 9, 2016

About this report

The covered entity’s (CE) staff discovered that its electronic medical records system was compromised when they could no longer access patient records. The incident affected approximately 13,237 individuals and involved demographic and financial information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the incident, the CE conducted an internal investigation and improved its safeguards and encryption methods. OCR obtained assurances that the CE improved its HIPAA policies and procedures and retrained its employees.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Professional Dermatology Care, P.C.
State
VA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
13,237
Submission date
August 9, 2016
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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