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 13, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- John Muir Health - Walnut Creek Medical Center, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 13, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10793, row:1932)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), John Muir Health – Walnut Creek Medical Center, reported that a workforce member posted a link to protected health information (PHI) on a publicly accessible website. This breach affected the PHI of 821 individuals. The PHI involved included names, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the workforce member involved and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff members were retrained to better protect its PHI.