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 April 23, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Ascension Eastwood Clinics, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 23, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12906, row:4045)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Ascension Eastwood Clinics, reported that an employee transmitted a mass email without utilizing the blind carbon copy function. The email contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 999 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, diagnoses, and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible workforce member and trained its staff on email security.