Health Data Breach Tracker/AR

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Walmart Inc.

3,135 individuals · submitted July 26, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Walmart Inc. reported that a set of pharmacy prescription records were missing. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and medication information affecting 3,135 individuals. As a result of this breach incident, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its workforce members to better safeguard PHI. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Walmart Inc.
State
AR
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,135
Submission date
July 26, 2019
Breach type
Loss
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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