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 Jan. 24, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Cedarbrook Senior Care and Rehabilitation / County of Lehigh, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 24, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13050, row:4189)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Cedarbrook Senior Care and Rehabilitation, reported that it inadvertently sent an email containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 688 individuals to unauthorized individuals. The ePHI involved included names and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.