Psychiatric Associates of North Carolina, Professional Association

Psychiatric Associates of North Carolina, PA reported to HHS on 2020-04-20 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,081 individuals. An employee sent an email to 1,081 recipients and failed to use the blind carbon copy (BCC) function, exposing all recipients' email addresses. Breached information was located in Email. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, provided staff training, adopted new HIPAA policies and procedures, and received OCR technical assistance with assurances of corrective actions.