Northwestern Memorial Hospital

The covered entity (CE), Northwestern Memorial Hospital, reported that a workforce member impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 682 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, medications prescribed, and additional clinical and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and state and federal regulatory agencies. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned the workforce member and retrained its staff to prevent future incidents of this nature.