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Children's Mercy Hospital

ArchivedSubmitted 05/19/2017
State
MO
Covered entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
5,511
Business associate present
No
Type of breach
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of breached information
Other
First seen by InfoSec Signals
9/23/2026
Last seen in OCR export
9/23/2026

OCR description

CMH physician store protected health information on a personal website. Approximately 5,511 individuals were affected by this breach. The breach included names, dates of birth, diagnoses and conditions, and ICD codes. In order to prevent a similar breach from happening in the future, CMH reviewed and updated policies, created a new online course, retrained employees, physician received monetary sanctions, and conducted additional counseling. CMH sent out breach notices to affected individuals, sent a media notice to the Kansas City Star. And provided notice via CMH’s website. CMH provided documentation of the actions it took in this matter.

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

Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.

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