Healthcare Provider · Archived
The Carle Foundation Hospital
1,653 individuals · submitted August 22, 2019
About this report
The Carle Foundation Hospital, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were victims of an email phishing scheme. The email accounts contained the protected health information (PHI) of 1,672 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses/conditions, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE immediately implemented technical safeguards and trained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- The Carle Foundation Hospital
- State
- IL
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,653
- Submission date
- August 22, 2019
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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