Health Data Breach Tracker/SC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Self Regional Healthcare

52,327 individuals · submitted October 21, 2019

About this report

Self Regional Healthcare, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 52,327 individuals. This ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, health insurance information, Social Security numbers, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its staff in the proper methods of recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Self Regional Healthcare
State
SC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
52,327
Submission date
October 21, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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