McLaren Oakland

The covered entity (CE), McLaren Oakland, reported that an employee inadvertently made the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,219 individuals viewable via the Internet. The ePHI involved included names, diagnoses, dates of birth, medications prescribed, and additional clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.