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 Jan. 26, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Artesia General Hospital, NM
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Jan. 26, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10175, row:1314)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Artesia General Hospital, the covered entity (CE), reported that one of its employees impermissibly stored documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 2,931 individuals at his residence. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, The CE revised its policies and procedures and retrained staff.