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 July 1, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Henderson County Urgent Care Centers, Inc. dba Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- July 1, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13347, row:4486)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Henderson County Urgent Care Centers, Inc., the covered entity (CE), reported that one of its office buildings had been burglarized and the protected health information (PHI) of 590 individuals were viewable. The PHI involved included names, telephone numbers, birthdates, Social Security numbers, lab results, and drivers’ license numbers. The CE notified HHS, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to this breach, the CE implemented enhanced physical security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.