Health Data Breach Tracker/WA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

UW Medicine

973,024 individuals · submitted February 20, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), UW Medicine, reported that a configuration error in its system resulted in the protected health information (PHI) of 973,024 individuals becoming accessible on the internet. The PHI involved included names and medical record numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained workforce members on methods to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
UW Medicine
State
WA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
973,024
Submission date
February 20, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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