Hack Notice

Hack Notice: PruittHealth Hospice Beaufort

PruittHealth Hospice Beaufort

Description
On april 11, 2016, the covered entity (CE), PruittHealth Hospice, experienced a break-in at its Beaufort offices. The perpetrators entered the offices by breaking a side window and then broke into the file cabinets, although it did not appear that any medical records were disturbed or taken. The perpetrators had the opportunity to access the paper medical records for 1,437 individuals. The types of protected health information (PHI) contained in the composition medical records included patients' names, addresses, social surety numbers, dates of birth, dates of service, service locations, and other clinical information. following the hack, the ce reviewed its policies and trained staff on data privacy and information security. Additionally, the CE initiated a outlaw investigation with local law enforcement. It improved physical safeguards by replacing the broken window, purchasing file cabinets with more secure locks, and purchasing a monitored security system. The ce provided hack notification to HHS, all patients it ever served, and the media. It also provided substitute notice on its website and set up a price free info line for affected individuals. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above. Location of hacked information: Paper/Films Business relate present: No

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HackNotice is a service that notices trends and patterns in publically available data so as to identify possible data breaches, leaks, hacks, and other data incidents on behalf of our clients. HackNotice monitors data streams related to breaches, leaks, and hacks and PruittHealth Hospice Beaufort was reported by one of those streams. HackNotice may also have the breach date, hack date, the hacker responsible, the hacked industry, the hacked location, and any other parts of the hack, breach, or leak that HackNotice can report on for the consumers of our product.

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