- State
- MI
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 596
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Theft
- Location of breached information
- Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
On May 18, 2017, the Troy, Michigan police informed the covered entity (CE) that possible Henry Ford Health System protected health information (PHI) in paper form was found in a storage unit of a suspected identify thief. The documents were old patient face sheets for 596 individuals that included patients’ demographic and clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE obtained all 596 patients face sheets from the police and implemented an active access monitoring tool on its information system that stores the patient face sheets. OCR obtained documented assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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