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Breach notice filed by inSite Digestive Health Care (March 2018)

Organization named: inSite Digestive Health Care Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of March 9, 2018.

Organization as reported
inSite Digestive Health Care, CA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
March 9, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13900, row:5039)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On January 23, 2018, the covered entity (CE), InSite Digestive Health, discovered that an unknown individual had broken into two on-site storage lockers used to store protected health information (PHI). The CE's investigation determined that the breach affected 1,424 patients' records and included patients’ demographic and clinical information. In response to the breach, the CE enhanced the security of its storage locker. In response to OCR’s investigation, the CE notified affected individuals and prominent media outlets, and began converting its paper medical records to a digital format.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 1,424 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date March 9, 2018, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13900)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • inSite Digestive Health Care Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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