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 Jan. 12, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County Georgia, GA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- Jan. 12, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11677, row:2816)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County Georgia, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed and downloaded the protected health information (PHI) of 41,692 individuals to a USB drive. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, medical records numbers, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, security, and physical safeguards. All staff were retrained on the HIPAA Rules.