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. 11, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Quorum Health, TN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 11, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13268, row:4407)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Quorum Health, reported that a former employee sent emails containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,269 individuals to her personal email account as well as a family member’s email account. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, diagnoses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and security safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that CE implemented the corrective actions noted.