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Associated Dermatology and Skin Cancer Clinic

Associated Dermatology and Skin Cancer Clinic Data Breach (2018)

Associated Dermatology and Skin Cancer Clinic

lowVERIS
Disclosed

May 26, 2018

2862 days ago

Records

1.3K

Confirmed

Root Cause

Physical Breach

Industry

Healthcare

Description

Associated Dermatology and Skin Cancer Clinic of Helena notified 1,254 patients of a breach of unsecured personal patient protected health information. On May 26, an Associated Dermatology employee learned that someone had broken into her car and taken a journal she had been keeping for personal use to assist her in her care of Associated Dermatology patients. She reported the incident to Associated Dermatology the same day.