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 Oct. 20, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities Services, DE
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- Oct. 20, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11117, row:2256)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities Services, reported that employees impermissibly provided access to the protected health information (PHI) of 7,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional technical safeguards and provided additional training to its workforce.