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. 27, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Methodist Healthcare - Memphis Hospitals, TN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- Oct. 27, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9106, row:245)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Methodist Healthcare - Memphis Hospitals, the covered entity (CE), reported that an individual fraudulently obtained employment as a nurse and accessed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,658 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media about the breach. In its mitigation efforts, the CE also implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.