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 Oct. 2, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Beaufort Memorial Hospital, SC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Oct. 2, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12609, row:3748)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Beaufort Memorial Hospital, reported that it inadvertently mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 12,636 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.