Health Data Breach Tracker/Record

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Puerto Rico Women And Children's Hospital, LLC

99,943 individuals · submitted July 19, 2019

About this report

Puerto Rico Women and Children’s Hospital, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 99,943 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license information, claims information, financial data, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, health insurance information, clinical information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary identity theft services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. The responsible employee was sanctioned. Unfortunately, the CE paid a ransom to restore missing patient data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Puerto Rico Women And Children's Hospital, LLC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
99,943
Submission date
July 19, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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