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 Nov. 9, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Doctors' Center Hospital
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 9, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11061, row:2200)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Doctors’ Center Hospital de Puerto Rico, the covered entity (CE) reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected heath information (PHI) of 762,364 individuals. The PHI involved in the incident included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and social security numbers, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.