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Mayo Clinic

ArchivedSubmitted 09/08/2010
State
MN
Covered entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,740
Business associate present
No
Type of breach
Theft
Location of breached information
Electronic Medical Record
First seen by InfoSec Signals
9/23/2026
Last seen in OCR export
9/23/2026

OCR description

An employee of the covered entity (CE) impermissibly accessed medical records containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,740 patients for a period of 4 �� years. The PHI affected by the breach included the demographic information of 691 individuals, and both demographic and clinical information of 1,049 individuals. Following the breach, the CE conducted an investigation, terminated the involved employee, re-trained its employees regarding patient privacy and access to PHI, and enhanced its supervision and monitoring of employees' PHI access activities. It also provided breach notification to the affected individuals, HHS, and the media, as well as substitute notice on its website. OCR obtained assurances that the CE completed the voluntary compliance action described 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

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

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