Logansport Memorial Hospital

The covered entity (CE), Logansport Memorial Hospital, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 7,877 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In addition, the CE provided free credit monitoring services to affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional technical and security measures. All employees were retrained on the proper methods of recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.