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Breach notice filed by NYU Langone Hospitals (January 2022)

Organization named: NYU Langone Hospitals 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 OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Jan. 6, 2022.

Organization as reported
NYU Langone Hospitals, NY
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Jan. 6, 2022
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11686, row:2825)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), NYU Langone Hospitals, reported that an affiliated practice mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,141 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI contained in the letters was limited to the name of the intended recipient. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. As a result of the incident, the affiliated practice strengthened its administrative safeguards to better protect PHI.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,141 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Jan. 6, 2022, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 11686)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • NYU Langone Hospitals 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, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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