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 Jan. 14, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 14, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13062, row:4201)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Phoenix Children’s Hospital, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,860 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license information, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE revised its HIPAA security procedures, retrained its workforce members, and implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.