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Breach notice filed by Mount SInai Medical Center (October 2013)

Organization named: Mount Sinai Medical Center Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Improper Disposal

What the sources say

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. 4, 2013.

Organization as reported
Mount SInai Medical Center, NY
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Improper Disposal
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Oct. 4, 2013
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15302, row:6441)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

OCR opened an investigation of the covered entity (CE), Mt. Sinai Medical Center, after it reported that a trash vendor placed two garbage bags in an open box containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,586 patients outside the Mt. Sinai’s Department of Preventive Medicine’s facility with the regular trash. The PHI involved in the breach included names, dates of service, payer information, patients’ clinical information, mental health information and social security numbers. As a result of the breach, the CE retrieved the two trash bags and the box that contained PHI, provided training to its staff regarding appropriate disposal of PHI including paper files, and sanctioned the supervisor for failing to follow its policy regarding confidential waste. OCR provided TA to the CE regarding accounting of disclosures. CE assured OCR that the disclosures would be documented.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 1,586 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Oct. 4, 2013, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 15302)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Mount Sinai Medical Center Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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