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 22, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- King County Public Hospital District No. 2 d/b/a EvergreenHealth, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 22, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11504, row:2643)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), King County Public Hospital District No. 2 dba EvergreenHealth, reported that is business associate suffered a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 20,533 individuals. The PHI involved included names, diagnoses, medications prescribed, dates of birth, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protected its PHI.