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 Sept. 16, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Mankato Clinic, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 16, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11904, row:3043)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Mankato Clinic, reported that an employee accidentally sent an email containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 535 individuals to the wrong recipient. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, financial information, and diagnoses/conditions. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained staff on the importance of safeguarding ePHI.