Healthcare Provider · Archived
Yale University
1,102 individuals · submitted October 17, 2018
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Yale University, discovered in September 2018, that it sent letters to wrong addresses due to a collating error, affecting 1,102 individuals. The types of protected health information (PHI) involved in the incident included demographic and clinical information. OCR reviewed the CE’s policies and procedures related to the breach and was satisfied that they were in compliance with the Privacy Rule. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned and retrained employees and updated its mailing list procedures and forms so as to prevent a similar type of error happening in the future. OCR obtained assurances that the CE provided breach notification to individuals affected by this breach and the media in accordance with the Breach Notification Rule.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Yale University
- State
- CT
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,102
- Submission date
- October 17, 2018
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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