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. 14, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Community Medical Center, NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 14, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11623, row:2762)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Community Medical Center, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 630 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards.