Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Southern Illinois Hospital Services

613 individuals · submitted June 23, 2017

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Southern Illinois Hospital Services, reported that its business associate misdirected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 613 individuals to the wrong medical facilities. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, gender, addresses, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Complimentary identity protection services were provided to affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Southern Illinois Hospital Services
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
613
Submission date
June 23, 2017
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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