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Breach notice filed by Dignity Health Medical Foundation (December 2017)

Organization named: Dignity Health Medical Foundation 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 Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Dec. 19, 2017.

Organization as reported
Dignity Health Medical Foundation, CA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Dec. 19, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13964, row:5103)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Dignity Health Medical Foundation (DHMF), the covered entity (CE), discovered that it business associate (BA), Admail, mailed protected health information (PHI) to the wrong recipients due to a programmer’s error. This breach affected 2,189 individuals and the PHI involved included names and addresses. DHMF’s investigation revealed that Admail failed to use appropriate quality control measures and did not follow its policies and procedures. DHMF required Admail to revise its standard operating procedure to include additional measures aimed at protecting sensitive data. The employee responsible for this breach was sanctioned and retrained.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,189 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Dec. 19, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13964)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Dignity Health Medical Foundation 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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