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. 16, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Erie Family Health Centers, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 16, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10271, row:1410)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Erie Family Health Centers, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a hacking incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 6,351 individuals. The breached PHI included names, dates of birth, and other 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 and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data.