Bon Secours Health System, based in Marriottsville, Md., suffered from a data breach incident after that 655,000 patients health information were exposed as a result of an error made by one of its business associates.
The compromised information included names, social security numbers, insurance and banking information, and some clinical data.
Bon Secours conducted a two-month internal investigation of the incident, and offered a year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services without charge.
Source: https://www.hipaajournal.com/655000-bon-secours-patients-notified-of-phi-breach-3553/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/bon-secours-health-system
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