Health Data Breach Tracker/SC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Roper St. Francis Healthcare

6,000 individuals · submitted September 3, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Roper St. Francis Healthcare, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 6,000 individuals. This PHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach the CE provided 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
6,000
Submission date
September 3, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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