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 Oct. 25, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Children's Minnesota, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 25, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13151, row:4290)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Children’s Minnesota, reported that, due to a programming error, the protected health information (PHI) of 37,942 individuals was viewable over the Internet. The PHI involved included names, insurance information, and treatment information. The Social Security number of one individual was also breached. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards to further protect its PHI. All staff were retrained. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.