Health Data Breach Tracker/FL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

United States Medical Supply, LLC.

674 individuals · submitted October 18, 2019

About this report

United States Medical Supply, the covered entity (CE), reported than an employee sent more than the minimum necessary electronic protected health information (ePHI) to its vendor. In addition, the employee also sent the ePHI to his/her personal email account. This breach affected 674 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, health insurance information, email addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards, sanctioned the responsible employee, and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
United States Medical Supply, LLC.
State
FL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
674
Submission date
October 18, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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