Health Data Breach Tracker/NJ

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Urological Associates of Central Jersey P.A.

1,800 individuals · submitted September 18, 2017

About this report

A ransomware computer virus encrypted a shared folder on the covered entity's (CE) domain server. The affected folder contained documents with the demographic and insurance information of 1,800 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals and the media. Following the breach, the CE decommissioned and replaced two affected workstations and the domain server. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed. The CE is expected to conduct a risk analysis and implement a corresponding risk management plan and implement policies and procedures to regularly review records of information system activity, authorize access to ePHI, address and document security incidents and and their outcomes, and to establish a contingency plan for responding to incidents that damages systems containing ePHI. The CE is also expected to train all members of its workforce on the revised or newly implemented policies and procedures.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Urological Associates of Central Jersey P.A.
State
NJ
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,800
Submission date
September 18, 2017
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Desktop Computer, Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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