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. 21, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Cerebral Medical Group, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 21, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11895, row:3034)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Cerebral Medical Group, reported that a workforce member sent an email containing the protected health information (PHI) of 875 individuals to the wrong recipient. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, medications, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. In response to the breach the CE retrained the workforce member on email security. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.