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 Sept. 23, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Bloomington Meadows Hospital, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 23, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11188, row:2327)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Bloomington Meadows Hospital, reported that an employee inadvertently sent the protected health information (PHI) of 788 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and health insurance and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided free credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative safeguards. Staff were retrained.