- State
- PA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 2,928
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Theft
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
The covered entity's (CE) staff physician emailed the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 2,900 individuals to his home email account while working on an analysis. The PHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, and medication information. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned the physician and implemented a plan to auto-encrypt all PHI sent through email. As a result of OCR's investigation, the CE improved its physical safeguards and retrained employees.
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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.