Health Data Breach Tracker/MN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Ridgeview Medical Center

1,074 individuals · submitted September 8, 2017

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Ridgeview Medical Center, reported that an employee inadvertently disclosed the email addresses of 1,074 individuals. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained all employees on the importance of safeguarding its sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Ridgeview Medical Center
State
MN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,074
Submission date
September 8, 2017
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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