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 Feb. 9, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- California Correctional Health Care Services, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 9, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14275, row:5414)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
On February 9, 2017, the covered entity (CE), California Correctional Health Care Services, reported that its workforce member sent an email and a spreadsheet attachment to a wrong recipient who is an executive liaison to California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and has the same last name as the intended recipient. The CE asked the recipient to delete both the email and attachment. The breach affected the electronic PHI (ePHI) of approximately 738 individuals and included names, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation identification numbers, housing information, mental health related information, and health care providers information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained the involved workforce member and implemented email encryption. The CE also provided OCR with additional documentation including its HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices Policy, as relevant to this breach investigation. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.