An unauthorized person used software to access the email account of an employee at the practice Jan. 18. The email account contained patient information, including social security numbers, financial information and forms related to patient health histories. The practice does not know what specific information was viewed by the unauthorized individual, according to the report.
The practice sent out more than 10,000 letters notifying patients of the incident April 25. It has also taken steps to strengthen its cybersecurity measures and enacted new policies to prevent protected health information from being stored in email accounts.
Bay Oral Surgery & Implant Center has three locations in Green Bay and Marinette, Wis.
