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 March 13, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Randleman Eye Center, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 13, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12964, row:4103)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Randleman Eye Center, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 19,556 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, gender, and digital retinal images. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR conducted a HIPAA outreach training to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.