Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections

The covered entity (CE), the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, reported that its business associate (BA) inadvertently made the protected health information (PHI) of 85,466 individuals viewable over the Internet. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and the CE and BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.