Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Questcare Medical Services, PLLC

5,573 individuals · submitted April 12, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Questcare Medical Services, PLLC, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 5,573 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its employees on email security and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Questcare Medical Services, PLLC
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
5,573
Submission date
April 12, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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