Family Physicians Data Breach Exposes PHI and PII

Family Physicians Inc., a family medicine and primary care practice based in North Canton, Ohio, disclosed a data breach involving sensitive patient information. The total number of individuals affected by the breach has not been publicly disclosed at this time.

The breach was covered in a report by Yahoo News about the Jackson Township medical practice.

The data breach at Family Physicians resulted in the exposure of both personally identifiable information and protected health information belonging to patients of the practice. The breach affected several categories of sensitive data stored in the practice's systems.

The personally identifiable information exposed in the breach included Social Security numbers, government-issued identification numbers, dates of birth and other contact and demographic information.

The protected health information that was exposed included medical information and health insurance information.

Family Physicians' response to the breach

Patients who have questions about the breach or who would like to find out whether their specific information was involved in the incident can contact Family Physicians directly by phone at 330-494-7099.

Individuals are encouraged to visit the company's website periodically for any updates regarding the practice's response to the breach.