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Breach notice filed by Partners For Quality, Inc. (April 2019)

Organization named: Partners For Quality, Inc. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

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 April 19, 2019.

Organization as reported
Partners For Quality, Inc., PA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
April 19, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13443, row:4582)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Partners for Quality, reported that the email accounts of three employees were accessed by an unauthorized individual after a phishing attack. The breach included the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 3,700 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, social security numbers, other demographic information, financial information, and clinical information. Following the breach, the CE implemented multifactor identification for its email system and increased its cybersecurity training. Additionally, OCR provided technical assistance to the covered entity regarding its risk management plan.

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

Figures, per source

  • 3,673 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date April 19, 2019, 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 13443)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Partners For Quality, Inc. 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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