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Data breach at Georgia-based Navicent Health exposes PHI of 278,000 patients

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On April 17, 2019, Navicent Health, the second-largest hospital in Georgia, announced that it was the victim of a data breach. The protected Health Information (PHI) of its patients, such as names, dates of birth, addresses, billing information, appointment dates, and social security numbers, may have been stolen.

The incident.

In July 2018, Navicent Health discovered that some of its employees' email accounts were compromised in a data breach. The impacted email accounts contained the PHI of 270,000 patients. As soon the incident was discovered, Navicent hired a third-party forensics firm to investigate the breach. They also notified the affected patients and law enforcement authorities. The investigations revealed that the breach only involved email accounts, and it didn't extend to the network.

Navicent is offering identity protection services for a year to all its affected patients, and they've also urged the affected patients to review their account statements for any suspicious activity. Additionally, Navicent has taken steps to educate its employees on phishing scams.

According to HIPAA, all organizations must report data breaches within 60 days of discovering the incident. Although Navicent complied with this law, there was a considerable delay between when the hospital identified the breach and when they notified the authorities. Generally speaking, it's vital to analyze and report such incidents quickly. By investing in a smart Exchange reporting tool, it's easy to identify and thwart email-bound threats.

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