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 Aug. 12, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Grays Harbor Community Hospital, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record, Network Server, Other
- Submission date
- Aug. 12, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13267, row:4406)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Grays Harbor Community Hospital, reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack involving ransomware that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 88,399 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, drivers’ license information, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.