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Breach notice filed by Children's Mercy Hospital (May 2017)

Organization named: Children's Mercy Hospital Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of May 19, 2017.

Organization as reported
Children's Mercy Hospital, MO
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Other
Submission date
May 19, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14184, row:5323)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

CMH physician store protected health information on a personal website. Approximately 5,511 individuals were affected by this breach. The breach included names, dates of birth, diagnoses and conditions, and ICD codes. In order to prevent a similar breach from happening in the future, CMH reviewed and updated policies, created a new online course, retrained employees, physician received monetary sanctions, and conducted additional counseling. CMH sent out breach notices to affected individuals, sent a media notice to the Kansas City Star. And provided notice via CMH’s website. CMH provided documentation of the actions it took in this matter.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 5,511 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date May 19, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14184)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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