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 March 10, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Beacon Health System, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- March 10, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10871, row:2010)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Beacon Health System, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the protected health information (PHI) of 3,304 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and financial and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on the requirements to protect and secure PHI.