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 Feb. 9, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Pitkin County, CO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 9, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12356, row:3495)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Pitkin County, reported that data containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,454 individuals, was viewable via the Internet. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, diagnoses, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services. In response to the incident, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.