Health Data Breach Tracker/CT

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Yale New Haven Hospital

19,496 individuals · submitted June 17, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Yale New Haven Hospital, reported that a file containing the protected health information (PHI) of 19,496 individuals was inadvertently uploaded to a public facing website. The PHI involved included names, telephone numbers, email addresses, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Yale New Haven Hospital
State
CT
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
19,496
Submission date
June 17, 2022
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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