CALIFORNIAHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Jan 9, 2018bd_463be8d0947035b8
Dr. Alicia Ann Oswald (CA healthcare provider) reported to HHS OCR on 2018-01-09 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting ~800 individuals. She sent group emails to patients without using BCC, inadvertently exposing recipient email addresses. Breached information was located in Email. In response, she re-sent using BCC, apologized to patients, reported to the CA State Board, adopted improved email software, and deployed practice software to safeguard PHI. OCR confirmed corrective actions and provided HIPAA Breach Notification Rule guidance.
Affected (this filing): 800
HHS notified