Healthcare Provider · Archived
Steward Medical Group
16,276 individuals · submitted November 28, 2018
About this report
A business associate (BA), Business and Professional Exchange, that provided the covered entity (CE) with 24-hour telephone answering services, experienced a ransomware incident affecting their computer network servers. The breach involved the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 16,276 individuals, including demographic and clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR reviewed the BA agreement between the BA and CE and it appears to comply with the requirements of the HIPAA Rules. Following this incident, the parties no longer have a business relationship.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Steward Medical Group
- State
- MA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 16,276
- Submission date
- November 28, 2018
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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