Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Temple University Health System

2,399 individuals · submitted July 25, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Temple University Health System, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA), Nemadji Research Corporation, was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting 2,339 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, and treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE and BA implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Temple University Health System
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,399
Submission date
July 25, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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