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 13, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Bronson Healthcare Group, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- March 13, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10069, row:1208)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Bronson Healthcare Group, reported that its Epic system containing protected health information (PHI) was accessed by an employee who did not have authorization. According to the breach report, the breach affected approximately 1,597 individuals. The PHI involved demographic and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee, enhanced its access controls, and improved its threat detection solutions to better protect its PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.