Health Data Breach Tracker/WA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Yakima Neighborhood Health Services

2,689 individuals · submitted November 14, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Yakima Neighborhood Health Services, reported that a workforce member inadvertently sent the protected health information (PHI) of 2,689 individuals to the wrong recipient. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, other identifiers, and treatment related information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided additional privacy and security training to its workforce members, implemented additional technical safeguards, and revised its policies and procedures.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
State
WA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,689
Submission date
November 14, 2022
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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