Health Data Breach Tracker/OH

Healthcare Provider · Archived

University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital

838 individuals · submitted April 5, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, reported that an employee emailed protected health information to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 836 individuals. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of this breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained employees on patient privacy and the proper procedures for communicating with individuals electronically. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
State
OH
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
838
Submission date
April 5, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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