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 Oct. 26, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Arch City Dental, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 26, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14018, row:5157)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Arch City Dental, reported that an employee inadvertently disclosed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,716 individuals. The ePHI involved included names and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its staff.