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Breach notice filed by Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center (May 2020)

Organization named: Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

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 May 18, 2020.

Organization as reported
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, PA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Electronic Medical Record
Submission date
May 18, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12877, row:4016)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, reported that a workforce member impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 805 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employees and implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its ePHI.

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

Figures, per source

  • 805 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date May 18, 2020, 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 12877)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

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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