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 Aug. 30, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Queen Creek Medical Center d/b/a Desert Wells Family Medicine, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 30, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11933, row:3072)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Queen Creek Medical Center dba Desert Wells Family Medicine, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 35,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, claims information, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment data. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft services and strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules.