Healthcare Provider · Archived
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, St. Margaret Hospital (“UPMC St. Margaret”)
11,135 individuals · submitted March 5, 2021
About this report
The covered entity (CE), UPMC St. Margaret, reported that an employee impermissibly emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 11,135 individuals to his personal email account and to another employee. The ePHI involved included names, and medication information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, the FBI, and posted substitute notice on its website. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, St. Margaret Hospital (“UPMC St. Margaret”)
- State
- PA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 11,135
- Submission date
- March 5, 2021
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Other
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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