The covered entity (CE), Conway Regional Health System, reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack involving an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 37,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, medications prescribed, health insurance information, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services. Following this incident, the CE improved technical safeguards to its email environment. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
