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 1, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- International Rehabilitative Sciences Inc., dba RS Medical, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 1, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13477, row:4616)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
International Rehabilitative Sciences, dba RS Medical, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 1,911 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and diagnoses. The CE established a call center to answer questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.