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, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- Fairbanks Hospital, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 16, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14329, row:5468)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Fairbanks Hospital, reported that the protected health information (PHI) of 12,994 individuals was viewable by employees not authorized to do so. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, diagnoses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards to better protect its data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.