Fort Defiance Indian Hospital

The Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board (FDIHB), the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a hacking incident involving its computer network. This breach affected 6,240 individuals and the types of protected health information (PHI) involved included diagnoses, conditions, lab results, and medications prescribed. FDIHB notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also provided complimentary credit reporting services. Finally, FDIHB implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI and retrained its staff. OCR provided technical assistance regarding risk analysis and risk management provisions of the HIPAA Security Rule. OCR obtained assurances that FDIHB implemented the aforementioned corrective actions.