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Breach notice filed by Emory Healthcare (December 2017)

Organization named: Emory Healthcare Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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 Dec. 15, 2017.

Organization as reported
Emory Healthcare, GA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Dec. 15, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13967, row:5106)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Emory Healthcare, Inc., reported that a former employee placed files containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 24,000 individuals on a public server that could be accessed by unauthorized third parties. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 24,000 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Dec. 15, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13967)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Emory Healthcare Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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