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Breach notice filed by Decatur County General Hospital (January 2018)

Organization named: Decatur County General Hospital Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

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 Jan. 26, 2018.

Organization as reported
Decatur County General Hospital, TN
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Network Server
Submission date
Jan. 26, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13932, row:5071)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Decatur County General Hospital, the covered entity (CE), reported that unauthorized software was installed on its server used to store and access patient data. This breach affected 50,496 individuals and the types of PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE provided breach notification to affected individuals, the media, and HHS. The CE also offered free credit monitoring and fraud alert services. In addition, the CE conducted an internal investigation with assistance from its electronic medical record vendor and a forensic security firm, replaced the affected server, and implemented additional security and technical safeguards. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 24,000 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Jan. 26, 2018, 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 (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13932)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Decatur County General Hospital 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, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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