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. 22, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Elizabeth Family Health, CO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Nov. 22, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13123, row:4262)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Elizabeth Family Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a burglary and that the assailant stole numerous items including an unencrypted backup server that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 28,375 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional physical, administrative, and technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data.