Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Radiation Oncology Centers of the Carolinas

1,116 individuals · submitted July 25, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Radiation Oncology Centers of the Carolinas, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,116 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, claims and financial information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on email security precautions.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Radiation Oncology Centers of the Carolinas
State
NC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,116
Submission date
July 25, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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