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 June 28, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Mass General Brigham Incorporated, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record, Other
- Submission date
- June 28, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9830, row:969)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Mass General Brigham, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees impermissibly shared their system credentials with an unauthorized individual in an effort to outsource their job duties. This breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of 655 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, medical record numbers, dates of birth, email addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, health insurance and claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and established a call center for questions or concerns. In addition, the employees were sanctioned and all staff were retrained on the requirement to protect and secure sensitive data.