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 17, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Integrated Medical Services, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- April 17, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10783, row:1922)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Integrated Medical Services, reported that an employee inadvertently disclosed the protected health information (PHI) of 6,591 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included only names. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE revised its policies and procedures and retrained its workforce members.