HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of April 27, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Moses Taylor Hospital, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- April 27, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12900, row:4039)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Moses Taylor Hospital, reported that a tornado struck its medical records storage facility which was leased by its business associate (BA), STAT Informatic Solutions, LLC. This breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,905 individuals. The PHI exposed included diagnosis/conditions, lab results, medications, financial and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and initiated a clean-up of the area to collect whatever records were recoverable.