Emory Healthcare

Emory Healthcare reported to HHS on 2022-12-06 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1891 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. An employee impermissibly accessed PHI (names, DOB, SSN) for unemployment benefits fraud. The employee was sanctioned and affected individuals received identity protection and credit monitoring.

Emory Healthcare reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2017-02-21. The breach occurred on 1/1/2017. 10 Montana residents were affected.

Emory Healthcare reported to HHS on 2017-02-21 a ransomware attack affecting 79,930 individuals. The breach involved protected health information, including names and dates of birth, located on a network server. In response, Emory Healthcare implemented additional security safeguards and received technical assistance from the Office for Civil Rights.

Emory Healthcare, Inc. reported a data breach to the California Attorney General. The breach occurred on February 20, 2012. The provided source document contains only the filing metadata and an empty attachment placeholder; no narrative details regarding the nature of the breach, data types affected, or number of individuals impacted are available in the text.

Emory Healthcare (GA) reported to HHS on 2012-04-18 that on February 20, 2012, ten unencrypted backup CDs containing ePHI were discovered missing. Clinical and demographic data for 315,000 surgical patients treated at three locations between September 1990 and April 2007 were affected. The CDs could only be read using decommissioned software. Breach notification was provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Remediation included PHI inventory requirements and staff education. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.