Failure to Safeguard Electronic Protected Health Information Results in $1,040,000 Settlement
On April 21, 2017, Lifespan Corporation, the parent company and business associate of Lifespan ACE, filed a breach report with Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). An affiliated hospital employee’s laptop was reported stolen. This laptop contained electronic protected health information (ePHI), which included patient names,… Read More >