Healthcare Provider · Archived
Tomah Memorial Hospital
600 individuals · submitted April 16, 2010
About this report
A nurse impermissibly used the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 600 patients to obtain narcotics from the covered entity (CE), Tomah Memorial Hospital, for her own use. The PHI involved in the breach included patients’ names and account numbers. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE improved safeguards by creating a monthly audit of Schedule II narcotics, matched to the dispense log, medical order, and bill. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above. The CE also terminated the involved employee’s employment.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Tomah Memorial Hospital
- State
- WI
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 600
- Submission date
- April 16, 2010
- Breach type
- Other
- Location of information
- Other
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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