SOUTH CAROLINAHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Jun 9, 2016bd_c3e3bf7d9727400a
PruittHealth Hospice Beaufort (SC) reported to HHS on 2016-06-09 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,437 individuals. On April 11, 2016, perpetrators broke into the Beaufort offices via a side window and accessed file cabinets containing paper medical records. PHI potentially exposed included names, addresses, SSNs, dates of birth, dates of service, service locations, and clinical information. No records appeared disturbed or taken. The CE improved physical safeguards, notified affected patients and media, and cooperated with OCR. Breached info located on Paper/Films.
Affected (this filing): 1,437
HHS notified