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 8, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- CLARENDON HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER, SC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer, Electronic Medical Record, Laptop, Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- June 8, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11397, row:2536)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Clarendon Health and Wellness Center, reported that an employee impermissibly downloaded the protected health information (PHI) of 3,297 individuals from its electronic health record. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications, claims information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE transitioned to a new EHR provider, strengthened its security safeguards, and retrained its workforce.