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 March 19, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Hawaii Pacific Health, HI
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- March 19, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12956, row:4095)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Hawaii Pacific Health, reported that a logbook containing the protected health information (PHI) of 836 individuals was missing. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, diagnoses, and other clinical information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the BA discontinued the use of logbooks and retrained its staff on the importance of safeguarding PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.