Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

UPMC

2,259 individuals · submitted May 15, 2015

About this report

A business associate (BA) employee disclosed the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 2,259 of the covered entity’s (CE) patients to outside parties. The PHI involved in the breach included names, dates of birth, and social security numbers. Following the breach, the CE terminated its relationship with the BA. OCR reviewed the CE’s risk analysis to ensure compliance with the Security Rule.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
UPMC
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,259
Submission date
May 15, 2015
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Other
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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