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 June 1, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- HEALTHY CONNECTIONS INC, AR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 1, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12860, row:3999)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Healthy Connections, Inc., reported that an employee inadvertently disclosed the email addresses of 3,565 individuals to the wrong recipients. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained all employees on the importance of safeguarding its sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.