Healthcare Provider · Archived
Walmart Inc.
741 individuals · submitted March 26, 2018
About this report
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the covered entity (CE), reported that the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 741 individuals was disclosed when a system error caused information about a patient to be viewed by the wrong patient via notification through the CE's app or an e-mail. The types of ePHI disclosed included names and prescription information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of OCR's investigation, the CE provided evidence it implemented improved technical safeguards to prevent similar incidents.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Walmart Inc.
- State
- AR
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 741
- Submission date
- March 26, 2018
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Email, Other
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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