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 April 23, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 23, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12196, row:3335)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) inadvertently misconfigured a software application allowing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,259 individuals to be viewable over the Internet. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following OCR’s investigation, the CE terminated its business relationship with the BA and offered affected individuals complimentary identity monitoring services.