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 29, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Ridgeview Institute - Monroe, GA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Email, Paper/Films
- Submission date
- May 29, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12863, row:4002)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Ridgeview Institute, reported that an employee copied and emailed electronic protected health information (ePHI) to her personal email account. This breach affected the ePHI of 1,853 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial and claims information, diagnoses, lab results, and medication information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided affected individuals with a toll-free hotline to call with questions or concerns. After the breach, the CE obtained a permanent injunction via the U.S Court System requiring the former employee to destroy all material and not to disseminate the ePHI further. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.