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. 4, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Carnegie Tri-County Municipal Hospital, OK
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Improper Disposal
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 4, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12710, row:3849)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Carnegie Tri-County Municipal Hospital, reported that it was notified that documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,076 individuals was found in an unsecured location. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and local law enforcement. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its workforce members on the proper storage and disposal of PHI.