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 Oct. 5, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Mayo Clinic, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- Oct. 5, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12606, row:3745)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Mayo Clinic, the covered entity (CE), reported that a workforce member impermissibly accessed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,614 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, local law enforcement, and the FBI. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards.