Healthcare Provider · Archived
VA Northern California Health Care System
645 individuals · submitted March 24, 2021
About this report
The covered entity (CE), VA Northern California Health Care System, reported that an employee left a document containing the protected health information (PHI) of 645 individuals in a public space. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary identity and credit monitoring services to all affected individuals. Following the breach, the CE retrained its workforce members on the importance of safeguarding PHI.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- VA Northern California Health Care System
- State
- CA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 645
- Submission date
- March 24, 2021
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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