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 Sept. 6, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Prisma - Midlands, SC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 6, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13233, row:4372)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Prisma-Midlands, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee’s car was burglarized and a binder containing the protected health information (PHI) of 2,770 individuals was stolen. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses/conditions, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.