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 May 5, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- BJC Health System, MO
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 5, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12889, row:4028)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), BJC Health System, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 287,876 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medical conditions, lab results, and medications prescribed. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. The BA also provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services. In its mitigation efforts, the BA strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.