Health Data Breach Tracker/KS

Business Associate · Archived

Pulse Systems, Inc.

722 individuals · submitted September 19, 2018

About this report

Pulse Systems, Inc., the business associate (BA) of Lincoln Pulmonary & Critical Care Associates, the covered entity (CE), reported that protected health information (PHI) was inadvertently mailed to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 722 individuals and the PHI involved included names and clinical information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. To mitigate this breach, the BA implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Pulse Systems, Inc.
State
KS
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
722
Submission date
September 19, 2018
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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