Health Data Breach Tracker/AR

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Walmart Inc.

4,738 individuals · submitted August 9, 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 approximately 4,738 individuals. As a result of this breach incident, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards in an effort to better protect its PHI. All employees were retrained to mitigate any future incidents from occurring. 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
4,738
Submission date
August 9, 2019
Breach type
Loss
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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