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 11, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Pathway Healthcare, LLC, AL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 11, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10796, row:1935)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Pathway Healthcare, reported that an employee forwarded the protected health information (PHI) of 1,304 individuals to her personal email address. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. In response to the breach the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its employees to better protect its PHI. Administrative safeguards were also put in place.