Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating Atrium Health regarding its recent data breach. The Atrium Health data breach may have involved sensitive personal information and protected health information belonging to over 585,000 individuals.
ABOUT ATRIUM HEALTH:
Atrium Health is a healthcare provider that serves the greater Charolette area. A part of Advocate Health, one of the United States’ largest non-profit health systems, Atrium Health offers a wide range of services, including primary care, cancer care, cardiology, behavioral health, rehabilitation, surgery, imaging, and orthopedic and musculoskeletal care. Additionally, Atrium Health performs extensive and contemporary research. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Atrium Health has 40 hospitals and over 100 locations across North Carolina and employs more than 70,000 individuals.2
WHAT HAPPENED?
Recently, Atrium Health discovered that it had experienced a data breach in which the sensitive protected health information in its systems may have been accessed. On December 2, 2024, Atrium Health filed official notice of the data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights. Though much information is still not known about the Atrium Health breach, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ reporting guidelines require entities to report data breaches when they involve protected health information. Therefore, it is likely that the Atrium Health breach included the protected health information belonging to an undetermined number of individuals. As a result of the data breach, Atrium Health may soon begin notifying individuals whose information may have been impacted.
If you received a breach notification letter from Atrium Health:
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 872.263.1100 or sam@straussborrelli.com.
