HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of June 10, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- Riverside Health System, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- June 10, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14500, row:5639)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
An employee authorized to work from home failed to return paper records to the physician practice. Her ex-husband discovered the records and returned them to the physician practice. The breach included the protected health information (PHI) of 578 individuals. The PHI involved in the breach included demographic information, dates of birth, social security numbers, medical records numbers, and clinical information. Following the breach, the covered entity re-educated all employees. OCR reviewed the CE's risk analysis to ensure compliance with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.