Healthcare Provider · Archived
Rhode Island Department of Health
8,800 individuals · submitted December 7, 2022
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Rhode Island Department of Health, reported that a workforce member erroneously sent an email containing the protected health information (PHI) of 8,800 individuals to unintended recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach the CE retrained the workforce member on email security.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Rhode Island Department of Health
- State
- RI
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 8,800
- Submission date
- December 7, 2022
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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