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 April 26, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Partners In Care, OR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 26, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13432, row:4571)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Partners in Care, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 3,048 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, health insurance information, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. In addition, the CE retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted. OCR also provided technical assistance to the CE pertaining to the HIPAA Security Rule.