Health Data Breach Tracker/OH

Healthcare Provider · Archived

UC Health

95,339 individuals · submitted September 4, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), UC Health, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme. This breach affected 95,339 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medications prescribed, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted a substitute notification on its website. The CE offered free credit monitoring services to all affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to further protect its PHI. All staff were retrained. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
UC Health
State
OH
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
95,339
Submission date
September 4, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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