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 Sept. 18, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Jefferson PA Heart and Vascular, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 18, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9697, row:836)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Jefferson PA Heart and Vascular, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee mailed the protected health information of 755 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative safeguards.