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 May 6, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Primary Health Care, Inc., IA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 6, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9315, row:454)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Primary Health Care, Inc., reported that that a workforce member inadvertently sent an email that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 787 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained workforce members to better protect PHI.