Ascension Borgess Hospital

Ascension Borgess Hospital, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee emailed 996 individuals without using the blind copy function. The protected health information (PHI) was limited to email addresses only. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE retrained the responsible employee on the importance of patient privacy and provided HIPAA Privacy Rule training to all staff members. OCR obtained documentation that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.