Healthcare Provider · Archived
Valley Family Medicine
8,450 individuals · submitted November 3, 2017
About this report
Two employees took home a listing of patients, and one employee used the list to generate postcards notifying patients of his new practice. The breach affected approximately 8,450 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) included names and addresses. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the covered entity (CE) updated its electronic health records and billing systems, and adopted encryption to prevent future similar breaches. As a result of OCR’s investigation and provision of technical assistance, the CE conducted a risk analysis.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Valley Family Medicine
- State
- VA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 8,450
- Submission date
- November 3, 2017
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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