US Val Verde Regional Medical Center Aug 2014 Misuse (Q9471)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | US Val Verde Regional Medical Center Aug 2014 Misuse |
A data breach risk event |
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August 2014
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Val Verde Regional Medical Center recently discovered a security breach involving a small number of the facilitys overall patient population. On or about Aug. 9, 2015, an independent healthcare provider downloaded unsecured protected health information and emailed it to a personal account without encryption protection. In addition, the independent contractor was not authorized to access some of the protect health information. The e-mails may have contained the following types of protected health information: name, address, phone number, medical record number and visit number. (English)
