HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of June 10, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Lori A. Harkins MD, P.C. dba Harkins Eye Clinic, NE
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- June 10, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11387, row:2526)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Lori A. Harkins, MD dba Harkins Eye Center, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a hacking attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 23,993 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect PHI.