Healthcare Provider · Archived
Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department
12,968 individuals · submitted July 19, 2021
About this report
Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department, the business associate (BA), reported that a workforce member inadvertently uploaded a spreadsheet containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 12,968 individuals to its public website. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of births, and treatment information. The BA removed the spreadsheet from its public website. The BA notified the CE of the breach, and on the CE’s behalf, the BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department
- State
- NE
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 12,968
- Submission date
- July 19, 2021
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Desktop Computer
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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