Health Data Breach Tracker/MI

Healthcare Provider · Archived

University of Michigan/Michigan Medicine

3,624 individuals · submitted September 28, 2018

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Michigan Medicine, reported that its business associate (BA) University Lithoprinters, Inc., inadvertently mailed protected health information (PHI) to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 3,624 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following this breach, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
University of Michigan/Michigan Medicine
State
MI
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,624
Submission date
September 28, 2018
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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