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 24, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Kootenai Health, ID
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 24, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9951, row:1090)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Kootenai Health reported that an unauthorized individual gained access to its system and compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 464,088 individuals. The type of PHI involved included clinical, demographic, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.