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 July 2, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Cook County Health, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- July 2, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12034, row:3173)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Cook County Health, reported that a subcontractor of its business associate (BA) permitted drivers who were not registered with the BA to provide medical transportation to the CE’s health plan members. The CE determined that the unregistered drivers had access to the protected health information (PHI) of 898 individuals. The PHI involved included names, phone numbers, home addresses, and mobility status. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website.