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 April 30, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Brightside Health, Inc., CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record, Other
- Submission date
- April 30, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10765, row:1904)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Brightside Health, reported that an unauthorized individual accessed the protected health information (PHI) of 767 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.