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 18, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- PsyGenics, Inc., MI
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 18, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12878, row:4017)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), PsyGenics, reported that an employee emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 614 individuals to his personal email account. The PHI involved included names, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI.