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 Feb. 23, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center, ND
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 23, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12340, row:3479)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 1,545 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, and health insurance and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its employees on email security. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding its HIPAA Breach Notification Rule obligations.