Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Frederick Memorial Hospital (March 2019)

Organization named: Frederick Memorial Hospital Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of March 18, 2019.

Organization as reported: Frederick Memorial Hospital, MD
Entity type as reported: Healthcare Provider
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: March 18, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13498, row:4637)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Frederick Memorial Hospital, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 760 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. Employees were retrained on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

760 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date March 18, 2019, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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2019-03-18Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13498)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Frederick Memorial Hospital Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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