Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

St. Peter's Health Partners

5,117 individuals · submitted January 23, 2015

About this report

The covered entity (CE), St. Peter’s Health Partners, reported that an employee’s unencrypted cellular phone was stolen. The cellular phone contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 5,117 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and added additional information regarding cellular phone security practices to its policies and procedures. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
St. Peter's Health Partners
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
5,117
Submission date
January 23, 2015
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Other Portable Electronic Device
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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