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 Aug. 12, 2022.
- 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
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 12, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11248, row:2387)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Overlake Medical Center & Clinics, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 557 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, diagnoses, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its workforce members to better protect its PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.