Ventura County Health Care Agency (CA) reported to HHS on 2016-09-20 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 777 individuals. Breached information was located on Paper/Films. An employee took home paperwork containing PHI, which was later recovered by an acquaintance of the employee and returned to the covered entity. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and the California Department of Public Health. Corrective actions included employee retraining, sanctioning the responsible employee, and issuing a facility-wide PHI removal prohibition memo. No business associate was involved.
Affected (this filing): 777