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 May 4, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- May 4, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12891, row:4030)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,824 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, the media, affected individuals, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee responsible for the breach and implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained employees on the importance of safeguarding patient privacy.