Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

United Regional Health Care System

1,893 individuals · submitted February 14, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), United Regional Health Care System, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,893 patients. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, passport data, health insurance information, dates of birth, and treatment and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying and responding to fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
United Regional Health Care System
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,893
Submission date
February 14, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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