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 24, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Mercy Health Saint Mary's, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 24, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13394, row:4533)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Mercy Health Saint Mary’s, reported that it experienced a malware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 976 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data.