HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of July 16, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Adena Fayette Medical Center, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 16, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12005, row:3144)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Adena Fayette Medical Center, reported that several employees were victims of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 1,389 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.