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Breach notice filed by Flowers Hospital (April 2014)

Organization named: Flowers Hospital Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

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 April 25, 2014.

Organization as reported
Flowers Hospital, AL
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
April 25, 2014
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15093, row:6232)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Flowers Hospital was informed by law enforcement on February 27, 2014, that while one of its employees was being arrested, the CE’s paper facesheets were found in his possession. An internal investigation revealed that the employee may have accessed or allowed another individual access to the clinical and demographic information of 1,208 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, to affected individuals, and to the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented procedures to further restrict access to paper records and improved its maintenance and storage procedures. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 629 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date April 25, 2014, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 15093)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Flowers Hospital 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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