Health Data Breach Tracker/NM

Healthcare Provider · Archived

San Juan County New Mexico

12,500 individuals · submitted May 17, 2016

About this report

An unauthorized user obtained remote access to a workstation located at the covered entity (CE), San Juan County New Mexico. The protected health information (PHI) potentially affected included the names, addresses, health assessments, and clinical information of approximately 12,500 individuals. As a result of the breach, the CE improved safeguards, updated policies and procedures, and provided affected individuals with free credit monitoring. Further, the CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
San Juan County New Mexico
State
NM
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
12,500
Submission date
May 17, 2016
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Desktop Computer
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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