Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Business Associate · Archived

QUANTERION SOLUTIONS INC

1,017 individuals · submitted November 1, 2012

About this report

An unencrypted thumb drive that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,017 individuals was stolen by an employee of the covered entity's (CE) business associate (BA), Quanterion Solutions, Inc. The ePHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, social security numbers, claims information, clinical information, diagnosis/conditions, lab results, treatment information, and medications. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE, Surgical Associates of Utica, PC, filed a police report and the employee was arrested. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals and provided credit monitoring services for these individuals. As a result of OCR's investigation, the CE executed a BA agreement. \ \

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
QUANTERION SOLUTIONS INC
State
NY
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
1,017
Submission date
November 1, 2012
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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