Health Data Breach Tracker/NE

Healthcare Provider · Archived

The Nebraska Medical Center

1,311 individuals · submitted May 5, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), The Nebraska Medical Center, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,311 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a call center for questions or concerns. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee and strengthened its administrative safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
The Nebraska Medical Center
State
NE
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,311
Submission date
May 5, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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