Health Data Breach Tracker/TN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Quorum Health

1,269 individuals · submitted August 11, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Quorum Health, reported that a former employee sent emails containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,269 individuals to her personal email account as well as a family member’s email account. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, diagnoses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and security safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Quorum Health
State
TN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,269
Submission date
August 11, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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