Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Quraishi, Nisar A

20,000 individuals · submitted October 22, 2014

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Tribeca Medical Center, reported that on October 21, 2014, patients’ medical records stored in the CE’s storage shed were stolen. The breach affected potentially 20,000 patients and the protected health information (PHI) included names, addresses, zip codes, telephone numbers, dates of birth, social security numbers, health plan information, diagnoses, medical and clinical histories. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE has ceased storing PHI in the storage unit.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Quraishi, Nisar A
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
20,000
Submission date
October 22, 2014
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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