Health Data Breach Tracker/SC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Roper St. Francis Healthcare

189,761 individuals · submitted January 8, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Roper St. Francis Healthcare, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 189,761 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach the CE provided affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional technical safeguards, revised its policies and procedures, and provided training to employees.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Roper St. Francis Healthcare
State
SC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
189,761
Submission date
January 8, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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