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 Feb. 26, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Clovis Community Medical Center, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 26, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12329, row:3468)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Clovis Community Medical Center, reported that an employee impermissibly sent an email that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 994 individuals to an external personal email account. The ePHI involved included names, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its staff.