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 June 9, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Christiana Spine Center, PA, DE
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 9, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11393, row:2532)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Christiana Spine Center, the covered entity (CE) reported that an unauthorized third-party gained access to its network and accessed or acquired the protected health information (PHI) of 20,870 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic and clinical information. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data.