Medford-based Southern Oregon Neurosurgery reported a data breach affecting at least 1,000 individuals, the practice confirmed Dec. 30.
According to HHS’ database, the practice experienced a hacking incident stemming from an email breach. The report was filed Dec. 9.
Southern Oregon Neurosurgery’s CEO and Administrator Kamee Wearden said in a Dec. 30 email to Becker’s that the data breach happened in November and IT staff isolated the incident immediately.
No Social Security numbers or credit card information was exposed in the breach, Ms. Wearden said. One email account was breached, and information that may be affected included names, birthdays, medical notes and certain insurance IDs.
While most patients weren’t affected, the practice reached out to all of them “out of an abundance of caution,” Ms. Wearden said.
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