Health Data Breach Tracker/MD

Healthcare Provider · Archived

University of Maryland Orthopaedic Associates, P.A.

1,320 individuals · submitted January 13, 2017

About this report

The covered entity (CE), the University of Maryland Orthopaedic Associates, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 1,320 individuals. The PHI disclosed included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, diagnostic information, lab results, medication information, and treatment information. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
University of Maryland Orthopaedic Associates, P.A.
State
MD
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,320
Submission date
January 13, 2017
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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