Health Data Breach Tracker/VA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Riverside Health System

578 individuals · submitted June 10, 2016

About this report

An employee authorized to work from home failed to return paper records to the physician practice. Her ex-husband discovered the records and returned them to the physician practice. The breach included the protected health information (PHI) of 578 individuals. The PHI involved in the breach included demographic information, dates of birth, social security numbers, medical records numbers, and clinical information. Following the breach, the covered entity re-educated all employees. OCR reviewed the CE's risk analysis to ensure compliance with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Riverside Health System
State
VA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
578
Submission date
June 10, 2016
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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