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 March 4, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Duncan Regional Hospital, Incorporated, OK
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 4, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11586, row:2725)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Duncan Regional Hospital reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 86,379 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment 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 to affected individuals and added additional training on security awareness, implemented an enterprise-wide password reset, and implemented additional technical safeguards to protect its network.