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 March 10, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, CO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 10, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9409, row:548)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, reported that a workforce member inadvertently emailed a spreadsheet containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,115 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and other identifiers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media of the breach. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible workforce member.