Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Quatela Center for Plastic Surgery

1,085 individuals · submitted June 20, 2023

About this report

Quatela Center for Plastic Surgery, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,085 individuals to the wrong recipient. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect sensitive data. Staff were retrained.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Quatela Center for Plastic Surgery
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,085
Submission date
June 20, 2023
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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