Healthcare Provider · Archived
University Medical Center Physicians
18,500 individuals · submitted August 16, 2018
About this report
An unauthorized user comprised the email account of a workforce member of the covered entity (CE), University Medical Center Physicians, through an email phishing campaign. The protected health information (PHI) potentially affected included the names, dates of birth, social security numbers, addresses, and treatment information of approximately 18,500 individuals. As a result of the breach, the CE improved safeguards, updated its policies and procedures, and trained its workforce members on better practices to safeguard PHI. Further, the CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- University Medical Center Physicians
- State
- TX
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 18,500
- Submission date
- August 16, 2018
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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