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Breach notice filed by Artesia General Hospital (February 2018)

Organization named: Artesia General Hospital Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Feb. 27, 2018.

Organization as reported
Artesia General Hospital, NM
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Network Server
Submission date
Feb. 27, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13908, row:5047)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On February 27, 2018, the covered entity (CE), Artesia General Hospital, notified OCR of a breach by its business associate (BA), Nuance Communications/Fast Health, that occurred from November 20, 2017, to December 9,2017, when Nuance's computer server was taken offline. The electronic protected health information (ePHI) involved in the breach consisted of approximately 864 patients' names, dates of birth, diagnoses, and other treatment information. OCR opened an investigation of the CE to determine compliance with the Privacy Rule’s BA contract requirements. The CE provided the BA Agreement (BAA) with Nuance and OCR determined that the BAA appears to comply with the requirements specified in the Privacy Rule. OCR opened a separate review of the BA.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 864 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Feb. 27, 2018, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13908)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Artesia General Hospital Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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