Health Data Breach Tracker/RI

Health Plan · Archived

Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services

1,100 individuals · submitted February 27, 2018

About this report

The Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that it inadvertently mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,100 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, and partial Social Security numbers. The CE notified OCR, affected individuals, the media, and provided free credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE revised its administrative safeguards and retrained its staff.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services
State
RI
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
1,100
Submission date
February 27, 2018
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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