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Breach notice filed by McLean Hospital (May 2024)

Organization named: McLean Hospital Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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 21, 2024.

Organization as reported
McLean Hospital, MA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
May 21, 2024
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9899, row:1038)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), McLean Hospital, reported that an employee inadvertently made an internal link that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 2,231 individuals available to anyone receiving the link via email. The PHI involved included names, email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, telephone numbers, diagnoses, medications, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 2,231 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date May 21, 2024, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 9899)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • McLean Hospital Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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