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. 22, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- NYC Health + Hospitals, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer, Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Dec. 22, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10247, row:1386)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), NYC Health + Hospitals, reported that an employee allowed a volunteer to view the protected health information (PHI) of 3,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee involved in the breach and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.