- State
- MI
- Covered entity type
- Business Associate
- Individuals affected
- 552
- Business associate present
- Yes
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
An employee of a business associate (BA), DataStat, erroneously misdirected surveys to 487 individuals after failing to following the BA’s re-print protocol after a printer paper jam. The types of protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach included demographic information, including names and addresses. The CE provided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals. The BA also improved technical safeguards to assist with quality assessment checks and sanctioned the involved employee with a written warning. OCR obtained documentation that the BA implemented the corrective actions steps listed 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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