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 Sept. 15, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Advocates for a Healthy Community Inc dba Jordan Valley Community Health Center, MO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- Sept. 15, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10468, row:1607)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Advocates for a Healthy Community dba Jordan Valley Community Health Center, reported that an employee emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 2,502 individuals to his/her personal email account. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and dates of birth. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained on the requirement to protect and secure PHI.