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 May 24, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Laird Hospital, Inc., MS
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 24, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12136, row:3275)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Laird Hospital, Inc., reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,092 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.