Health Data Breach Tracker/NE

Healthcare Provider · Archived

West Holt Memorial Hospital

541 individuals · submitted July 22, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), West Holt Memorial Hospital, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 541 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
West Holt Memorial Hospital
State
NE
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
541
Submission date
July 22, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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