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 Jan. 7, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Eastern Idaho Public Health, ID
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- Jan. 7, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9517, row:656)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Eastern Idaho Public Health, reported that an employee viewed patient records outside the scope of their job responsibilities affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 759 individuals. The PHI involved included diagnoses/conditions, health screenings, medical histories, assessments, provider orders, and visit results. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards, revised policies and procedures, sanctioned the involved employee, and retrained its staff. During the investigation, OCR provided the CE with technical assistance.