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 22, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Health First Urgent Care PLLC, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 22, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9957, row:1096)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Health First Urgent Care, reported that a workforce member sent an email that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 4,169 individuals to an unauthorized recipient. The PHI involved included names and other identifiers. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the workforce member involved and implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI.