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 Feb. 7, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Overlake Medical Center & Clinics, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 7, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13013, row:4152)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Overlake Medical Center and Clinics, the covered entity (CE), reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information of 109,234 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, health insurance information, clinical information, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. After the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying and responding to fraudulent email communications.