Health Data Breach Tracker/KS

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Ransom Memorial Hospital

16,366 individuals · submitted September 25, 2018

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Ransom Memorial Hospital, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 16,366 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, addresses, birthdates, diagnoses, medications, lab results, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. 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
Ransom Memorial Hospital
State
KS
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
16,366
Submission date
September 25, 2018
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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