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 6, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Henry Ford Health, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 6, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10668, row:1807)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, reported that graphs posted to the Internet contained a link that could expose the protected health information (PHI) of 987 individuals. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.