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 10, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Henry Ford Health System, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- April 10, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13861, row:5000)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Henry Ford Health System, reported that an employee lost an unencrypted flash drive containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,658 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, lab results, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained this individual on the importance of patient privacy and the security of sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.