Health Data Breach Tracker/MO

Healthcare Provider · Archived

VA St. Louis Health Care System

724 individuals · submitted March 1, 2017

About this report

The covered entity (CE), the VA St. Louis Health Care System, reported that a former employee improperly took home documents that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 724 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
VA St. Louis Health Care System
State
MO
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
724
Submission date
March 1, 2017
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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