Health Data Breach Tracker/OH

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Summa Health

7,989 individuals · submitted June 28, 2019

About this report

Summa Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 8,488 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, email addresses, diagnoses/conditions, medications prescribed, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Summa Health
State
OH
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
7,989
Submission date
June 28, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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