Health Plan · Archived
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
648 individuals · submitted August 20, 2020
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Washington Department of Social and Health Services, reported that an employee sent an email containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 648 individuals to the wrong recipients. The ePHI involved included names and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. All staff were retrained.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
- State
- WA
- Entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 648
- Submission date
- August 20, 2020
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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