BriovaRx

An employee of the covered entity (CE) who later resigned effective July 17, 2013, emailed confidential documents from his company-issued laptop computer to his personal email account without authorization. The emailed data contained the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,067 individuals. The protected health information involved in the breach included first and last names, diagnoses, and medication names. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE’s outside legal counsel the CE contacted the employee and the employee’s new employer for assurances and affidavits prohibiting the involved employee or the employee’s new employer from transferring and/or disclosing sensitive confidential information and PHI, and later obtained a preliminary injunction motion. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.