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Breach notice filed by Covenant Medical Center, Inc. (January 2017)

Organization named: Covenant Medical Center, Inc. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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 Jan. 20, 2017.

Organization as reported
Covenant Medical Center, Inc., MI
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Electronic Medical Record
Submission date
Jan. 20, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14295, row:5434)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Covenant Medical Center discovered that an employee accessed patients’ electronic medical records from February 1, 2016 through November 21, 2016 without an appropriate business purpose. This breach affected the clinical, demographic, and financial information of approximately 6,197 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. It also offered affected individuals credit monitoring. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned the involved employee and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above. In this case the sanctions included termination of employment.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 6,197 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Jan. 20, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14295)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Covenant Medical Center, Inc. Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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