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 Nov. 24, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Minnesota Women's Care, P.A., MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Nov. 24, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11765, row:2904)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Minnesota Women’s Care, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee accidentally emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,900 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names only. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative policies and procedures to better protect its PHI.