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 Aug. 7, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Ashley County Medical Center, AR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- Aug. 7, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12752, row:3891)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Ashley County Medical Center, reported that a member of its workforce impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 772 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, conditions, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its staff of the requirement to protect patient privacy and security.