FEDERALHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Feb 15, 2012bd_0dece17688487427
St. Joseph Health System (CA) reported to HHS OCR on 2012-02-15 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 12,234 individuals (HHS portal count; OCR investigation found 31,800 individuals actually exposed). ePHI stored on a network server was publicly accessible via internet search engines (e.g. Google) from Feb 1, 2011 to Feb 13, 2012, due to default file-sharing application settings left unconfigured. Data exposed included patient names, health statuses, diagnoses, and demographics. SJH settled with OCR for $2,140,500 and agreed to a corrective action plan.
Affected (this filing): 12,234
HIPAA 60-day OK · 1dHHS notified · 1d