Health Data Breach Tracker/WY

Health Plan · Archived

Wyoming Department of Health

164,010 individuals · submitted April 29, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Wyoming Department of Health, reported that an employee inadvertently made the protected health information (PHI) of 164,010 individuals viewable over the Internet. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, and laboratory results. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data. All workforce members were retrained on protecting and securing PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Wyoming Department of Health
State
WY
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
164,010
Submission date
April 29, 2021
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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