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. 13, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Oct. 13, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14394, row:5533)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Mercy Hospital and Medical Center (Mercy), reported that Mount Carmel Health System, a business associate (BA), misplaced documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 547 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, claims information, and financial data. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE also offered free credit monitoring services to all affected individuals.