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 Dec. 2, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- RiverKids Pediatric Home Health, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 2, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13112, row:4251)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), RiverKids Pediatric Home Health, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information of approximately 6,143 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on email security.