Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Sparta Community Hospital District

909 individuals · submitted May 26, 2023

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Sparta Community Hospital District, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 909 individuals. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI. Staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Sparta Community Hospital District
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
909
Submission date
May 26, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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