HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Aug. 23, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Conway Regional Health System, AR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 23, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13249, row:4388)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Conway Regional Health System, reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack involving an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 37,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, medications prescribed, health insurance information, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services. Following this incident, the CE improved technical safeguards to its email environment. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.