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 Sept. 14, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Multnomah County, OR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 14, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11907, row:3046)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Multnomah County, reported that its building was burglarized, and file cabinets were accessed. This breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of 709 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, email addresses, health insurance information, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its workforce members and implemented additional physical safeguards.