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Breach notice filed by North Ottawa Community Health System (December 2019)

Organization named: North Ottawa Community Health System 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 Dec. 16, 2019.

Organization as reported
North Ottawa Community Health System, MI
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Electronic Medical Record
Submission date
Dec. 16, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13084, row:4223)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), North Ottawa Community Health System, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,013 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses and conditions, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee, implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained its workforce members on safeguarding ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

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

Figures, per source

  • 4,013 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Dec. 16, 2019, 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 13084)
  • 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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