Turke & Strauss LLP, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating Atrium Health at Home regarding its recent data breach. The Atrium Health at Home data breach involved sensitive personal identifiable information and protected health information belonging to over 6,500 individuals.
ABOUT ATRIUM HEALTH AND ATRIUM HEALTH AT HOME:
Atrium Health is healthcare system with approximately 40 hospitals and hundreds of care locations throughout the Carolinas and Georgia. Atrium Health at Home is a specialty care service by Atrium Health offering home-based healthcare. Atrium Health at Home provides home-based nursing care, respiratory medical equipment coordination, pharmacy delivery, and sleep medicine equipment delivery. Atrium Health is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and has over 10,000 employees.
WHAT HAPPENED?
On April 8, 2022, Atrium Health at Home discovered that it had experienced a data breach in which sensitive personal identifiable information and protected health information in its system was accessed. Based on its investigation, Atrium Health at Home determined that an unknown actor had access to this information between April 7 and 8, 2022. On June 7, 2022, Atrium Health at Home began notifying individuals whose information may have been impacted. The type of information exposed includes:
- Name
- Social Security number
- Address
- Date of birth
- Health insurance information
- Medical information (medical record number, dates of service, medical provider and facility)
- Medical diagnosis and treatment information
- Driver’s license number
- Financial account information
If you are a current or former patient at Atrium Health at Home:
We would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies in response to this data breach. Please fill out the form, below, or contact us at (608) 237-1775 or sam@turkestrauss.com.
If you were impacted by the Atrium Health at Home data breach, you may consider taking the following steps to protect your personal information.
- Carefully review the breach notice and retain a copy;
- Enroll in the free credit monitoring service provided by Atrium Health;
- Change passwords and security questions for online accounts;
- Regularly review account statements for signs of fraud or unauthorized activity;
- Monitor credit reports for signs of identity theft; and
- Contact a credit bureau(s) to request a temporary fraud alert.