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Breach notice filed by New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation - Metropolitan Hospital Center (June 2015)

Organization named: New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation - Metropolitan Hospital Center Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

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 June 1, 2015.

Organization as reported
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation - Metropolitan Hospital Center, NY
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
June 1, 2015
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14787, row:5926)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation - Metropolitan Hospital Center, reported that an employee sent emails that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,957 individuals, to his personal email account. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and clinical and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the discovery of the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards.

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

Figures, per source

  • 3,957 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date June 1, 2015, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14787)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

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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