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, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Other
- Submission date
- May 24, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9892, row:1031)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, reported that an employee emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 756 individuals to their personal email account. The PHI involved included names, treatment information, dates of service, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee involved and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.