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Breach notice filed by Memphis VA Medical Center (March 2017)

Organization named: Memphis VA Medical Center 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 March 1, 2017.

Organization as reported
Memphis VA Medical Center, TN
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
March 1, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14256, row:5395)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Memphis VA Medical Center (MVAMC), the covered entity (CE), impermissibly disclosed protected health information (PHI) due to a printing format change that caused the wrong names to be associated with addresses in a survey mailed to its members. The breach incident included the names and addresses of 687 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to affected individuals and the media. The CE conducted a full review of the incident, re-educated staff regarding the appropriate methods for handling, securing, and mailing of PHI, set up a new process to prevent similar situations from re-occurring, and counseled and retrained the staff on its Privacy/Release of Information policy. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 687 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date March 1, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14256)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Memphis VA Medical Center 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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