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 26, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Carolina Digestive Health Associates, PA, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- April 26, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13840, row:4979)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Carolina Digestive Health Associates, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed its electronic medical record system. This breach affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 10,988 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional administrative, technical and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance.