Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine

859 individuals · submitted July 9, 2017

About this report

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 691 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, conditions, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In it mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
859
Submission date
July 9, 2017
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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