HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of April 10, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- American Healthcare Systems LLC dba Randolph Health, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 10, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9980, row:1119)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), American Healthcare Systems dba Randolph Health, reported that. an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 899 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, health insurance information, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Credit monitoring services were also provided. Staff were retrained on email security precautions.