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 16, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Gardner Family Health Network, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- April 16, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13454, row:4593)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Gardner Family Health Network, reported that an unknown and unauthorized individual entered a room within its building that housed the medical records of 5,064 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, claims information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and implemented physical safeguards to better protect its PHI.