Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

RiverKids Pediatric Home Health

3,494 individuals · submitted May 10, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), RiverKids Pediatric Home Health, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 3,494 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. 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 the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
RiverKids Pediatric Home Health
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,494
Submission date
May 10, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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