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 Aug. 7, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Drexel Medicine, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 7, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13282, row:4421)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Drexel Medicine, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of an email phishing scheme involving the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 19,750 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, diagnoses, and other treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Subsequently, Drexel Medicine has ceased operations.