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Breach notice filed by Memorial Health Systems (July 2011)

Organization named: Memorial Health Systems 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 OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of July 15, 2011.

Organization as reported
Memorial Health Systems, CO
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Desktop Computer, Electronic Medical Record, Laptop, Network Server
Submission date
July 15, 2011
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15814, row:6953)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On July 12, 2011, the covered entity (CE), Memorial Health System (now doing business as Memorial Hospital – University of Colorado Health) submitted a breach report explaining that a former Colorado Springs Occupational Health Clinic (CSOHC) nurse impermissibly accessed over 2,330 individuals’ medical records between 2003 and May 2011. To carry out these impermissible accesses, the nurse utilized a web-based electronic health record (EHR) application that was owned and operated by the CE and utilized by several Colorado Springs area providers, including the CSOHC. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals. Based on the breach and OCR’s investigation, the the CE terminated the former CSOHC nurse’s access to the EHR and ultimately replaced the EHR. The CE developed and implemented several new Privacy and Security Rule policies and procedures, conducted institution-wide HIPAA training, implemented stricter audit controls, and implemented an information system activity review mechanism. Additionally, the involved nurse resigned from CSOHC. OCR has consolidated the unresolved issues from this breach into another review of this CE.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,300 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date July 15, 2011, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 15814)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Memorial Health Systems 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, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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